He told us “There is no consistent definition of what conversion therapy is”. He expressed concern that “a broadly scoped ban would criminalise anything other than immediate acceptance, encouragement and celebration of a child’s sexual or gender identity, regardless of their age".ixEqualities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee (Session 6), Official Report Tuesday 16 November 2021, Col 5-6
Concerns were also expressed by Anthony Horan of the Catholic Parliamentary Office of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland.