Gay Conversion Therapy

(asked on 26th January 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations (a) were invited to and (b) attended roundtable discussions with him regarding conversion therapy in early March or late April 2014.


Answered by
Norman Lamb Portrait
Norman Lamb
This question was answered on 2nd February 2015

The Department invited the following organisations to a round table event to discuss gay conversion therapy on 2 April 2014:

Association of Christian Counsellors

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy

British Psychoanalytic Council

British Psychological Society

Department of Communities and Local Government

General Medical Council

Royal College of General Practitioners

Health and Care Professions Council

National Counselling Society

NHS England

PACE

Pink Therapy

Relate

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Stonewall

UK Council for Psychotherapy

The following organisations were also invited but were unable to attend.

Inter Faith Network

Professional Standards Authority

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