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HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)But amendment 40 talks about a 48-hour time limit.17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Thank you for that clarification, Mr Pritchard. I thank hon. Members for tabling this amendment. I agree that it is vital that where authorisation conditions are not met and the…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for that clarification, but we may be dancing on the head of a pin slightly. To my mind, the meaning of amendment 42 is that in all cases the AMCP…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I might turn that point round on the hon. Gentleman: we are indeed including it in the code of practice. The Bill states that the AMCP will meet the cared-for person except in the…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Am I speaking to amendments 41 and 40?17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Let me make a bit of progress and I will hopefully answer the hon. Gentleman in the process, but if I do not, he can intervene again. The exceptions where it would not be…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank those hon. Members who have spoken and tabled these amendments. Amendments 42 and 43, as we have heard, would require an approved mental capacity professional to meet with…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I appreciate the hon. Lady’s tenacity and dedication to this matter. I am afraid that, at the moment, all I can I say is that I am committed to looking at it again.17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)At this stage, I am prepared to say that I fully take on board and share the concern felt by the hon. Lady and others about ensuring that independent hospitals are not only seen…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Yes, by requiring authorisation in independent hospitals to be considered by an AMCP, we add that extra level of scrutiny and build those safeguards into the model. Given that I…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is in there—it is in both. In addition we have the AMCPs. As I said when discussed amendment 19, I fully understand hon. Members’ concerns around independent hospitals. I know…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I will take an intervention from the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South.17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I think that might just be my natural resting face. I understand what the hon. Gentleman is saying, but it depends who we are looking at. If the pre-authorisation review is being…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I am sorry for pushing everybody’s patience, but I need to clarify something the hon. Lady said. I am sure she said it inadvertently. She said that a care home manager can renew…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I laughed when the hon. Gentleman said, “This is a genuine question,” as if all the others he has asked have not been. I am sure that is not what he intended to suggest.17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)That is what we must guard against. It cannot be done in the Bill, because coverage has to be extensive; that is exactly where the regulations that run alongside the Bill come…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Members who have raised this important issue. I will address each amendment in turn. On amendment 35, I agree that the independence of the…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I completely agree with the hon. Lady. We are making it clear that parental voices must be heard, but we have to be careful about putting anything in the Bill that could create…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank the Opposition for raising this issue. As we have heard, the amendment would require that parents’ wishes and feelings about the proposed arrangements for their 16 and…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I very much take on board the hon. Lady’s concerns, and she knows that I have enormous respect for her work in this field. As she said, I have met with a number of parents…17 Jan 2019