Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage other countries to ban conversion therapy.

The UK government is fully committed to ending the practice of Conversion Therapy. The UK, as current co-chairs of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) a grouping of 42 countries working to advance LGBTI equality, led on the drafting of the ERC's first five year Strategy. The Strategy launched in July 2021 and includes a commitment for all ERC Member States to work collaboratively to advance ending Conversion Therapy.