REGULATION OF COUNSELLORS AND PSYCHOTHERAPISTS

Early day motion 431, tabled 16 July 2013 by Geraint Davies (Labour). Signed by 60 members.

That this House notes that anyone can set themselves up as a counsellor or psychotherapist without training or experience with no recourse for the patient if something goes wrong; further notes that there are more than 50,000 registered counsellors or psychotherapists and an unknown number unregistered; further notes that millions of people, often with mental health problems who are therefore vulnerable and at risk, are being given therapy in an unregulated industry with no uniform code of conduct or ethics; and calls on the Government to regulate counsellors and psychotherapists by bringing them into the jurisdiction of the Health and Care Professions Council.

Signatures by party: Labour 37, Liberal Democrat 10, Conservative 4, Plaid Cymru 3, DUP 2, Alliance 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.