Overview

• The UK government has blocked a backbench proposal to ban LGBT conversion practices, citing the need to wait for the Cass Review's findings.
• Equalities Minister Maria Caulfield stated the review's findings might influence the government's conversion practices bill.
• Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle's bill, which seeks to create new offences for conversion practices, was talked out and therefore blocked.
• Some MPs and the Alba Party expressed opposition to the bill, with concerns over unintended consequences and legislative clarity.
• The government has promised to bring forward draft legislation after the review, which is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.