British Government Condemns Treatments That "Cure" Homosexuality
Shockingly, there isn't much evidence it works
Culture Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Maria Miller has responded to a parliamentary question on gay conversion therapy by instructing Health Minister Norman Lamb to outline the government's official position.
It was after Diane Johnson, the Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull North, asked Mrs Miller for her views on the subject in reference to counsellors and psychotherapists who have sought to provide the discredited medical practice.
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Does this help make amends for what happened to Alan Turing?