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HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 47 would establish a mental health commissioner for England. The role would fill a major gap in the operation of the Mental Health Act and the rights of people…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will also say briefly that I too added my name to Amendment 51 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Meston. In Committee, I pondered this issue long and hard. At one…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will very briefly speak in support of this very important set of amendments. As my noble friend Lord Scriven set out on Amendment 11, which I very strongly support,…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, briefly, I want to make a couple of contributions to the debate. In so doing, I reflect on that fact that we have not spent much time talking about the criminal justice…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall comment on this important group of amendments. I have real sympathy with the amendments that have been tabled. I join others in thanking the Minister for the…31 Mar 2025HANSARDSafe Housing and Hospital DischargeMy Lords, does the Minister think that there is a case for further guidance or even legislative change to ensure that ICBs—those left standing anyway—are actively improving…19 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS England UpdateMy Lords, I will be brief. With such a strong emphasis in the Statement on reducing duplication and bureaucracy, can the Minister say what consideration is being given to fusing…19 Mar 2025HANSARDPrimary Healthcare FacilitiesMy Lords, as part of the shift from hospital to community, what specific plans do the Government have to set up more walk-in diagnostic centres and polyclinics as a way of…17 Mar 2025HANSARDAutism and Learning Disabilities: Hospital DetentionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to respond to recent reports of an autistic woman with learning disabilities being detained in a mental health hospital for 45…11 Mar 2025HANSARDAutism and Learning Disabilities: Hospital DetentionI thank the Minister, and I am sure the whole House was appalled by this shocking case, which came to light only due to a BBC investigation. Does the Minister agree that to…11 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraine (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)My Lords, I join others in congratulating the committee on producing a first-class report, which is frankly more prescient than I expect its members could ever have imagined in…06 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, there has been discussion throughout Committee about whether this Bill and our deliberations should stick strictly to detention under the Act or range wider. I know that…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much welcome the statement we have just heard from the Minister. I think it is a good point on which to finish our deliberations tonight and I thank her very…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise very briefly to add my support to this amendment. I have been very pleased to add my support to all three of the amendments that the noble Lord, Lord Davies, has…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and thank other noble Lords for their support: in some cases, strong support; in others, what I can only describe as support up to…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I had not intended to come in on this group, but, having just heard the very powerful—and, in places, very alarming and harrowing—speech from the noble Baroness, Lady…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise very briefly to add my support to Amendments 143 and 144, in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Howe. I added my name to these amendments. I am also very…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 130 in the name of my noble friend Lord Scriven, who is unable to be in his place today. On these Benches, our view is that this amendment…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise quickly to say that I am very sympathetic to the aims behind these two amendments. They have been set out very powerfully and comprehensively by the noble Earl,…24 Feb 2025