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HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes the important and strong inference that this is a commonplace occurrence. Will he give some evidence of the distribution of conversion practices, their…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI have stated where it says “suppress” and the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown mentioned “suppress” in his contribution.01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillThe hon. Lady has made a really important point about LGB people coming to this place and feeling safe to argue their position on this important matter. I have experienced the…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillYes, that is an important point and refers back to the points made in the previous intervention. I have a very busy constituency office and I meet church leaders and different…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but he needs to field that question to the King’s counsel. That is not a question I can respond to on his behalf.01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillApologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. The reassurances given to the Chamber will not be carried forward with activists—we know that that is not the behaviour of activists—so there is a…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillThe hon. Gentleman made that point to me some days ago in the media, and I agree with him. I said, “I believe that you are earnestly trying to fix the problem and you are trying…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI thank the right hon. and learned Lady for her intervention, which raises important points. They would do so with a sword of Damocles hanging over their head. They would do so…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI thank the hon. Member for that observation. The hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) said that a young person has to wait 10 years, for example, for gender…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that clarification, which is helpful. The point I will make next is that in Scotland there was similar legislation. In a 46-page legal opinion,…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI will—01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillWell, that is a matter of fact. If Members want to engage with the KC, please go right ahead.01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillThat is a really important point. That campaign is supposed to be about equality and inclusivity, but one of its main activities is to find people to exclude, dox, deplatform,…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillDoes the data that the hon. Gentleman refers to come from the self-referral survey administered at Pride marches? That is not really research but a survey. Does he think that a…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI will come to that specific point and I will challenge the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown about some of his assurances that the Bill is compatible with human rights…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and I will address some of those complex issues. If we look at the Bill through a utilitarian lens, there is a desire to protect the…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI take the hon. Gentleman’s point, but the opinion of the King’s counsel is that enacting the legislation would have the effect of infringing those European convention on human…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI want to make a swift point. A whole range of legislation is in place to manage many of the concerns that have been voiced across the Chamber, and no one is in any way suggesting…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillLet me begin by telling a little story that may surprise some Members who have made assumptions and judgments about my position on policies of this type. When my party leader,…01 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. On the annual sales limit on the People’s Postcode Lottery, the Minister says that he wants to have some evidence on why an additional increase is necessary. Since the advent…22 Feb 2024