Yesterday, March 8, 20 MPs debated an online petition advocating for the ban on conversion therapy practices in the UK at Westminster Hall.
The e-petition is calling for a ban on conversion therapy practises in the UK and currently has 256,392 signatures. The petition is advocating to make “conversion therapy in the UK a criminal offence”.
Alongside the main call for banning conversion therapy, the petition urges the UK government to enforce policies to prevent the practice from continuing outside of a ban.
Conservative MP and Petitions Committee member Elliot Colburn opened the debate with the stories of three conversion therapy survivors.