THE most notable aspects of the King’s Speech were its omissions, campaigners and charities have said in their reactions to the Government’s legislative agenda for the coming year. The chief executive of the Children’s Society, Mark Russell, also described the King’s Speech as a “missed opportunity”. In the days before the King’s Speech, however, it was again hinted that introduction of the ban would be postponed. Jayne Ozanne, a lay member of the General Synod and campaigner against conversion therapy, said that the King’s Speech “confirms my worst fears for the LGBT+ community in Britain. To do so after five years of posturing, with minimal engagement with victims of ‘conversion therapy’, shows just how callously the government treats LGBT+ lives,” she said.

Source: The Times November 08, 2023 08:09 UTC