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HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The purpose of this group of amendments is to remove the remaining conflict of interest in respect of care home managers. When this Bill was first presented to the House of…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I agree with my hon. Friend, who makes a good point. In essence, the case outlines the situation that the Government propose in the Bill. The care home provided reassurances to…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)By moving this responsibility in the Bill to local authorities, which currently have this responsibility, we can ensure that people are more confident about expressing their…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I think my hon. Friend is right; that is the case. Ultimately, the point is that it would not even save money. Despite what the Government’s out-of-date impact assessment may say,…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I have picked up that it was generally thought that Ministers, and possibly the Bill team, have a rather honeyed view of the relationship between local authorities and care home…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I want to pick up what the Minister for Care says about DoLS being a box-ticking process. I have given at least two examples of people being freed from a totally inappropriate…15 Jan 2019