When Ozanne resigned, she accused the government of creating “a hostile environment for LGBT people among this administration” and hit out at an “increasing lack of engagement” with ministers acting “against our advice”.
The catalyst for her resignation was the delay in the government banning conversion practices, which it has long promised it will make illegal.
The lack of action has angered some backbench MPs. In the last Commons debate on the subject, Gary Sambrook, the Conservative MP for Birmingham Northfield, said: “I want to send a message to the government that it has been three years since this promise to ban conversion therapy. We have got to get on with it and make sure that we deliver on it.”
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