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HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Can I just make a couple of points? There is near unanimity in the sector that three years for renewals is too long. Even the Alzheimer’s Society is worried about the impact it…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)That is really worrying. As I was saying, the meeting could be for just a few minutes to confirm that the cared-for person appears to present with the behaviours that are…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 30, in schedule 1, page 12, line 29, at end insert new sub-paragraph— “(da) in the case of a cared-for person aged 16 or 17 (unless that person is subject…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)As I said earlier, it is welcome that the Bill expands eligibility to 16 and 17-year-olds, because it prevents them from slipping through the gaps that the Bill would otherwise…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Indeed, and we will be talking more about the Court of Protection, which is of course an important safeguard. However, parents should not have to have recourse to the court just…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for moving the amendment. The Committee has already considered the principles that he has discussed, but I am glad to have the opportunity to return to…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The point remains for independent hospitals. In other amendments, we have tried to move that independent hospitals are not responsible bodies, but the Government did not accept…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Yes, I agree that my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak should not run down his amendment, because it has provoked a useful debate. The purpose of the amendment is…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. The atmosphere is so much nicer than it was on Tuesday, when we were so horribly hot. You avoided being in a…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 34, in schedule 1, page 15, line 34, at end insert— “(3A) Where the person consulted under sub-paragraph (2) has parental responsibility for the cared-for…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I hope that the Minister was listening to the cases that I cited—I know that she has been involved in and heard of those cases, and sometimes met the individuals. Parents,…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I respect that the Minister has taken on board Paula McGowan’s campaign, but how much more powerful would the training of medical professionals and others involved with the care…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)No, I am afraid I do not. Amendment 34 requires the views of parents to be given particular weight in the consultation process, when the cared-for person is 16 or 17 years old.…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 35, in schedule 1, page 15, line 41, after “is” insert “employed by an organisation”. This amendment would prohibit the pre-authorisation review from being…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Paragraph 21 of the new schedule AA1 makes provision for certain people to be excluded from carrying out the pre-authorisation review of a liberty protection safeguards…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I can see the Minister’s drift, but I do not understand how the Bill deals with a person who has a prescribed connection with a care home, but not a prescribed connection to an…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I tried to ask the Minister another question. I do not want her just to go away and think about it. Is she prepared to look at adding the words “independent hospital”? Amendment…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for saying that. She will need to go further and say that she is prepared to amend it on Report. Otherwise we will have to press our amendment to a vote. It…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)That was helpful to know, because for us it is unacceptable for an independent reviewer to be employed by the same organisation that delivers care and support. That is…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 42, in schedule 1, page 16, line 38, leave out “if it appears to the Approved Mental Capacity Professional to be appropriate and practicable to do so”.…17 Jan 2019