A Bill to provide that the Health and Care Professionals Council be the regulatory body for counsellors and psychotherapists; to prohibit gay to straight conversion therapy; to make consequential provision for the protection of children and adults; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
This bill would appoint the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as the regulator for counsellors and psychotherapists. It would ban gay-to-straight conversion therapy and introduce safeguarding provisions to protect children and adults, with related provisions to make the regime work.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons. If it passes this stage, it would move on to committee scrutiny for detailed examination.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 17 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
