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HANSARDFirst-cousin MarriageI understand the point that the noble Lord is making, but this is a very complex topic in respect of which there is a great lack of reliable data. Any plans for any health…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFirst-cousin MarriageYes; that will be extremely helpful in this regard, and I thank my noble friend.20 Jan 2025HANSARDFirst-cousin MarriageThe noble Baroness is right that consanguineous unions are decreasing. While it had the best data, the NIHR-funded study, Born in Bradford, to which the noble Baroness and I have…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]Indeed the noble Baroness did try, and I have therefore taken its intention at face value. The Bill removes the requirement for an automatic referral following the revocation of a…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I have had that confirmed. I will first address Amendment 43A, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Barker. Patients on CTOs already have the right to independent mental health…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I am sure that what the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, said is absolutely right—and the noble Baroness has absolutely no need to apologise. We intend to implement these reforms in…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFirst-cousin MarriageI am grateful to my noble friend for those very informed observations, and I share the assessment that he has made.20 Jan 2025HANSARDFirst-cousin MarriageI certainly have not, and I am not aware of discussions that have taken place between Ministers or officials in our department and those in other countries. However, I will be…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFirst-cousin MarriageI thank the noble Lord for his support in this area, which is indeed sensitive. The statistics he quotes are quite right. It is of course an interesting reflection that the risk…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFirst-cousin MarriageThe noble Lord is absolutely right that there is a whole range of factors in this area, and I am grateful to him for bringing that before your Lordships’ House. He will of course…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful for the contributions that have been made and the amendments that have been tabled. I turn first to Amendments 37A, 37C, 38A, 38B, 42B, 42D, 42E, 42G…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate in which a number of key issues have been raised. Amendment 23, tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Howe,…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I express my gratitude to noble Lords, not just for their amendments but for the way in which this debate has been conducted. I appreciate much of what lies behind the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I would be very pleased to write to noble Lords, as the noble Baroness suggests. Amendment 42A, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, which the noble Lord, Lord…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]The noble Baroness makes a good point. Indeed, not everybody has a diagnosis. I suggest that, when we look at provisions, we should make clear—through the appropriate means and…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My noble friend makes a good point about housing; we discussed it on day 1 in Committee. We are working with our ministerial colleagues who deal with housing on the need for the…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I would be pleased to write to the noble Baroness. As I set out in response to other noble Lords, I hope the Committee has heard how much I agree that the adequacy of training is…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their interventions. To the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss—how can I put this?—I say that the police should be there only when they are…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been an interesting debate, with much agreement across the Committee. I noted the support from both the other Front Benches, from the noble Earl, Lord Howe, and…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I appreciate the contribution of the noble Baroness. None of us, including the Government, wishes to create a gap, either intentionally or unintentionally. I should have said in…20 Jan 2025