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We now have until <\/span>8th September 2021<\/b> to make submissions to the Justice Select Committee who will be looking to hear what the public has to say about this bill. Unfortunately, we know that many groups are organising to send submissions that oppose the bill. This makes it more important than ever to have your say in support of banning conversion practices in Aotearoa. We do believe there is an opportunity to improve the draft legislation and have made some suggestions for this further down in this post. <\/span>Now is the time to have your say!<\/b> <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Background reading:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n You can read the proposed bill here: <\/span>https:\/\/www.legislation.govt.nz\/bill\/government\/2021\/0056\/latest\/whole.html#LMS487211<\/span> To make a submission<\/b> head to<\/span> <\/a>https:\/\/www.parliament.nz\/en\/pb\/sc\/make-a-submission\/document\/53SCJU_SCF_BILL_113397\/conversion-practices-prohibition-legislation-bill<\/a><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Submitting:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n You can choose whether to submit as an individual or on behalf of an organisation.<\/p>\n You can choose to make an oral submission alongside your written submission if you wish. This means attending the select committee to speak on your submission in person or via Zoom for a few minutes. The select committee then has the opportunity to ask you questions.<\/span><\/p>\n Only tick yes to making an oral submission if this is something you are interested in doing. If you are providing an oral submission, the select committee does not want you to just read out your submission.\u00a0 Instead it can be an opportunity to go more in depth, focus on particular points or share a personal story.<\/span><\/p>\n The submission form asks for comments and recommendations. <\/span>The select committee prefers not to receive a lot of submissions that have been copied and pasted or say the same thing. It is best to write in your own words why it is important that conversion practices are banned in the comments section. It does not have to be long, write about the issues you care the most about, or have the most knowledge on. Personal stories can have a real impact but to ensure privacy please do not name individuals.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n In the recommendations section you will have an opportunity to make suggestions on how the bill could be improved. There are a range of ideas about this and we encourage you to think about what is important to you and your communities and write about those. Some of the things InsideOUT is considering as important suggestions are as follows:<\/b><\/p>\n You may want to consider writing about some of the ideas above in the recommendations section of your submission. This is not an exclusive list, just some of the key areas InsideOUT believes are important to address.<\/span><\/p>\n Thank you for doing your part to help end conversion practices in Aotearoa and ensuring we have the best possible legislation to help us do so!<\/p>\n \n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.1″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After several years of advocacy and petitions that many of you signed, the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill recently had its first reading in parliament.\u00a0 We now have until 8th September 2021 to make submissions to the Justice Select Committee who will be looking to hear what the public has to say about this bill. 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After several years of advocacy and petitions that many of you signed, the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill recently had its first reading in parliament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/a>You can view the Regulatory Impact Statement with more background information and advice that was provided to Government on this bill here:
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