Minister accused of making ‘more excuses’ to delay LGBT conversion practices ban

The Government has faced claims of making “more excuses” to delay a ban on so-called LGBT conversion therapy as a backbench proposal faced a race against time to progress.

Equalities minister Maria Caulfield said the Government intends to bring forward draft legislation once a review examining gender identity services for children and young people is completed in the coming weeks.

MP Elliot Colburn ( and Wallington) argued there is “no reason” to wait for the Cass Review, telling the Commons: “It feels as if there’s more excuses as to why we need