--- title: Letter to the Prime Minister on the confusion regarding conversion therapy plans date: 2022-04-06T09:24:00+01:00 author: Danny Webster canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/advocacy/conversion-practices/letter-to-the-prime-minister-on-the-confusion-regarding-conversion-therapy-plans" section: Pages --- #### The Evangelical Alliance has written to the Prime Minister highlighting our concerns around the future of legislation addressing conversion therapy. A series of leaks first disclosed the government were not planning on bringing forward legislation, and then a further change in plan following a backlash to that leak suggested legislation would be forthcoming but in a different form, applying to sexual orientation but not transgender. The Evangelical Alliance encourages the government to use existing laws to ensure that forced and abusive practices are tackled, while any new legislation ensure people are able to receive the support they choose including prayer and pastoral counselling. The current lack of clarity is helping no one. Download [ PDF Evangelical Alliance letter to Prime Minister on conversion therapy confusion 413.4 KB Download ](https://www.eauk.org/assets/files/downloads/Evangelical-Alliance-letter-to-Prime-Minister-on-conversion-therapy-confusion.pdf "Download Evangelical Alliance letter to Prime Minister on conversion therapy confusion") [ ![Confusion over government conversion therapy plans](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Friends Study](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Friends-Study.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/confusion-over-government-conversion-therapy-plans) [#### Confusion over government conversion therapy plans ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/confusion-over-government-conversion-therapy-plans) After leaks and U-turns, what is happening with government plans to address conversion therapy? [ ![Danny Webster](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/danny-webster) [ Danny Webster ](/author/danny-webster) 01 April 2022 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/confusion-over-government-conversion-therapy-plans) [ ![Conversion therapy: Ending abuse while enabling support](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Praying worship church](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/praying-worship-church.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/conversion-therapy-ending-abuse-while-enabling-support) [#### Conversion therapy: Ending abuse while enabling support ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/conversion-therapy-ending-abuse-while-enabling-support) What you need to know about plans to ban conversion therapy [ ![Danny Webster](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/danny-webster) [ Danny Webster ](/author/danny-webster) 28 January 2022 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/conversion-therapy-ending-abuse-while-enabling-support)