{"value":{"id":1566489,"askingMemberId":4413,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-01-12T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-01-18T00:00:00","uin":"122157","questionText":"To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the upcoming Conversion Therapy Bill will support the aims of the Online Safety Bill in preventing online harms.","answeringBodyId":31,"answeringBodyName":"Women and Equalities","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4032,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-01-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is committed to protecting people from these practices.</p><p>We are carefully considering the responses to the public consultation on banning conversion practices which closed last year.</p><p>We will be publishing a draft bill to ban conversion practices for pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session. We hope to send it to a Joint Committee for scrutiny and will work with the Liaison Committee accordingly.</p><p>In the meantime, we have launched a support service open to all victims and those at risk of conversion practices regardless of their background or circumstances, backed by up to £360,000 over three years.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Conversion Therapy","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1566489","method":"GET"}]}