Broad Door, High Bar: Reading the Draft Conversion Practices Bill

After years of promises, drafts, abandoned drafts and white-hot argument, England and Wales finally has draft text.

By Joanne Lockwood (she/her) FIEDP FRSA FPSA – Written from lived experience, not from the sidelines.

Applies to England and Wales. Published 25 June 2026 by the Office for Equality and Opportunity as a draft for pre-legislative scrutiny — not yet law, and liable to change before it ever reaches the floor of the House. I read it here as an inclusion prac…