"Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but I ask her to be mindful of the fact that the Minister has many points to answer in the debate...." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"It is a great pleasure, Mr Hood, to serve under your chairmanship. I am raising this debate as part of an ongoing discussion on gay-to-straight conversion therapy, and I refer to my early-day motion, which attracted 52 signatures; the petition presented to the House by my hon. Friend the Member …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"I, too, have reason to be grateful to those people.
I want to place on the record the fact that several hon. Members indicated that they wanted to attend this debate but had other commitments...." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"I agree, and I will go into that further. Conversion or reparative therapy is the attempt by individuals, often posing as professionals, to alter the sexuality of lesbian, gay or bisexual patients. Virtually every major national and international professional organisation has condemned the practice as ineffective and potentially extremely harmful …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
The prevalence of conversion therapy in Britain has been the subject of recent interest in Parliament. Hon. Members will have received a recent communiqué from the pro-conversion group, Core Issues, calling on us not to support the private Member’s Bill introduced by …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
I want to focus on the main aspects of the problem of conversion therapy, and to debunk three common myths: first, that conversion therapy is something that happens only in America; secondly, that conversion therapy is carried out only by religious fundamentalists operating outside professional channels; …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"I agree with the hon. Gentleman and I hope to get some answers from the Minister.
Conversion therapy used to be a much greater and more systemic problem in Britain than it is today. In the 1950s and ’60s, LGBT patients were routinely forwarded by teachers, GPs and, as in …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"The issue is serious and it is not recognised to the extent it should be, which is one reason why I am so pleased that we are having this debate.
In 2010, Patrick Strudwick of The Independent carried out an undercover investigation. One psychotherapist who attempted to “cure” him, Lesley …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"I totally agree, and thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. In addition to a ban, we must go further in the training of professionals who are dealing with LGBT patients and provide friendly public service provision.