Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

Debate contribution by Mr Gordon Lyons on 28 September 2026.

MLA: Mr Gordon Lyons
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 28 September 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Private Members' Business
Heading: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5762609

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If the Member wants to make an intervention, she is able to do that, but I doubt that she will, because I do not think that she has the ability to properly articulate an argument. Sinn Féin today seems more interested in just shouting across the Chamber. Is it not the case that there is so much laughing and guffawing from those on the other side of the Chamber because they are protesting a little bit too much? They are bound to know that — I have the same correspondence that he has, and I know that many have sent it to those on the other side of the House — this is not a unionist or nationalist issue. There are people from across the community in Northern Ireland who have concerns about what the Bill could mean, and it is only right that the Member highlights that.

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