PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in the UK (3 June 2020)

Motion Details

That this House recognises the need to make LGBTQ+ conversion therapy illegal in the United Kingdom; believes that Her Majesty’s Government must act to ensure all citizens of the LGBTQ+ community feel protected from harm; is concerned at the continuing of such archaic practices in the United Kingdom; calls on Her Majesty’s Government to make running conversion therapy in the UK a criminal offence; further calls on Her Majesty’s Government to make forcing people to attend conversion therapy a criminal offence; urges Her Majesty’s Government to make the sending of individuals abroad to try to convert them a criminal offence.

Sponsored by:
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Scottish National Party
8
28%
 
 
Labour
7
24%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
7
24%
 
 
Independent
3
10%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
7%
 
 
Green Party
1
3%
 
 
Alliance
1
3%
 
Sponsor List (29 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Ind
Richard Burgon
Leeds East
SNP
Amy Callaghan
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
SNP
Dave Doogan
Angus and Perthshire Glens
SDLP
Colum Eastwood
Foyle
APNI
Stephen Farry
SNP
Peter Grant
Lab
Andrew Gwynne
Gorton and Denton
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Green
Caroline Lucas
SNP
Anne McLaughlin
LD
Layla Moran (Sponsor)
Oxford West and Abingdon
SNP
Gavin Newlands
SNP
John Nicolson
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
Lab
Kate Osamor
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Lab
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Ind
Zarah Sultana
Coventry South
SNP
Alison Thewliss
LD
Munira Wilson
Twickenham

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