Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Mrs Diane Dodds on .
- MLA
- Mrs Diane Dodds
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 15 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5706299
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Given that a lot of the information I have read refers to multiple genders and changing genders etc, that is a non-answer and evasion by proposer of the Bill. When we consider legislation that will potentially criminalise parents, teachers, pastors, youth leaders, football team coaches — everybody and anybody; even Deborah's hairdresser — it is really important that we are clear and understand what we are talking about. The Member wanted in.
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