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HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, I refer to my interest in the register. When we talk about getting people back into work, perhaps the Minister could reflect on that group of people who have never been…18 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I too was pleased to add my name to Amendments 155 and 156 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins. She has already spoken on this subject, and it would be…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, on the particular point that she raises about eating disorders in her amendment and on a more general point. In an earlier…24 Feb 2025HANSARDValdo Calocane: NHS England ReportThe Minister will know from the Mental Health Bill discussions that there is quite a strong feeling about the abolition of community treatment orders, which were introduced into…06 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his support from the Front Bench and to the Minister for her reply. Although it was very reassuring, could I ask her to clarify…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 128 is in my name. A person with autistic spectrum disorder or a learning disability may be stuck in hospital for years; we know that they often are. We…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]Reflecting on what the Minister has just said, would that close the Bournewood gap, which we tried to close in earlier legislation, where a professional carer cared for an…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 122 is in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Patel. When I read through the Bill initially, it concerned me that there was no mention of lasting power of…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Minister, as always. She is always helpful with these difficult points. I will just flag up that if the tribunal power to get that information in order to…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]With the wealth of his experience in dealing with children, could the noble Lord give the House a feel for whether, when assessing the competence particularly of children from a…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]On that last point about adults, I realise this is a more difficult area, but we have debated in this House reports from the charity Mind about adults, and young adults at that,…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment. I will not detain the Committee long, but I support the amendment and I want to flag the point my noble friend made about Wales…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 43 in my name is to a list of grounds under which community treatment orders will be allowed. I have to say that, judging by the Second Reading of the Bill,…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 42A in this group, which follows on from the two previous amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, and the noble Baroness, Lady…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to everybody who has contributed on this group of amendments. Everybody has bought something different to the table. There have been some good things. I…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Minister and very encouraged by her response. I want to flag up something else that I raised. Occasionally, at some point of crisis for undiagnosed adults,…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, this group includes Amendment 22, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, to which I have added my name—to which I will not speak because I think it will be fully…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]The Minister will not be surprised to hear that I like what she just said. Is there no way she can put that in the Bill under a government amendment?14 Jan 2025