Question reference: S6W-00736
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 16 June 2021 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 23 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ban the practice of so-called LGBT+ conversion therapy.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not support the practice of conversion therapy in the UK. We are clear that this is an abhorrent practice with no place in modern society.
We strongly support the UK Government’s commitment to ban conversion therapy, and are awaiting precise details of the UK Government’s proposals, including in terms of whether they are likely to apply to Scotland.
If the proposed actions do not result in the banning of this discriminatory and harmful practice in Scotland, we will consider our next steps in banning conversion therapy, in so far as is possible within the powers of the Scottish Parliament.