A Bill to provide that the Health and Care Professions Council be the regulatory body for counsellors and psychotherapists; to prohibit conversion therapy; to make related provision for the protection of children and adults; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
22 March 2019
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This bill would make the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) the regulator for counsellors and psychotherapists. It also bans conversion therapy and adds safeguarding provisions to protect children and adults. In short, it sets professional regulation for these therapists and prohibits a practice linked to harm.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons; it originally started in the Commons with its first reading in July 2018.
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18 Jul 2018
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
