Part 185. Conversion therapy ban (again)

Following the disgraceful failure of the government to include a bill banning conversion therapy in last month's King's Speech a Labour MP plans to introduce this week  a Private Member's Bill in the House of Commons. The bill has received cross-party support. It is fifth on the list of PMBs and therefore has little chance of making progress unless granted parliamentary time by the government.

Sadly there will be strong opposition from some Conservative MPs on the spurious grounds of freedom of expression and freedom to promote faith beliefs. The main opposition comes from Conservative (in both senses of the meaning) Evangelicals spurred on by The Christian Institute.  Watch out for the contribution to this opposition by Miriam Cates, the Conservative MP for Penistone, who is an avowed evangelical Christian and certainly not in the liberal evangelical camp.