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HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]For me, it is about not just somebody speaking for others but getting those voices heard. I hope that the noble Lord and all noble Lords have heard my acknowledgement of the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]It is indeed. The noble Lord, Lord Kamall, was very specific about bringing an amendment forward at Third Reading, and it was to that that I explained it was not possible to…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I note what the noble Baroness has said. We have discussed these issues a number of times in the Chamber and outside. On her second point, the situation is as I have outlined, and…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I have heard from noble Lords that they are concerned with having transparency, holding the Government to account and being updated on the situation. I absolutely agree with all…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by saying how grateful I am to noble Lords for their amendments and for the contributions they have made today. I express my thanks at the beginning of this…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]It might be helpful for your Lordships’ House to know that to fulfil what the noble Lord says, there would be a need for collective agreement to offer a commitment to bring…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords across the House for their contributions during the debate on this group, the last of the evening. I am glad that both Front Benches welcome…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, for tabling these amendments. They seek to amend Section 2 of the Mental Health Act, which relates to admission for assessment, and Section 3,…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, having heard the concerns of noble Lords in Committee around the placement of children and young people, we want to go further than when we started. It is a statutory…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I will answer the question at the end for simplicity; I do have an answer for the noble Baroness.31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Baroness, not least because she has also given me a bit of time to add to my earlier answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, about the meeting with…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, for tabling and speaking to Amendment 11, along with the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler. At the outset, I can say that it is already the case…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions. I will take each amendment in turn. The points on trauma were made extremely well and sensitively. Amendments 12 and 13…31 Mar 2025