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HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. A warm welcome to the Committee—albeit not quite as warm as it would have been had you been here on Tuesday.…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Members who have tabled the amendments on authorisations up to three years. I stress that this was a recommendation of the Law Commission, in particular for…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 5, in schedule 1, page 14, line 6, leave out “prescribed connection” and insert “connection, of a kind prescribed by regulations,”. This amendment is to…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Both, really. For example, the Bill lays out how every authorisation has a programme of reviews—if there is a change in the circumstances meaning that authorisation conditions are…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)As I say, I am tempted by what hon. Members have said, so I will take this point away and look at it, but we have to consider this matter very carefully. We have to consider…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)The hon. Gentleman is questioning aspects of legal terminology, on which I am not a huge expert. I am happy to get back to him on that in due course. The hon. Gentleman referred…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank the honourable—I seem to be test-driving someone else’s teeth today, Mr Austin. I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak for raising the issue and facilitating an…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I start by welcoming the fact that we have just heard from the hon. Member for Dewsbury for the first time. It is a great pleasure to hear from her, not least because I can…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Can I just challenge that? Under the existing Mental Capacity Act 2005 there is recourse to the Court of Protection for the parents. Their views have to be taken into…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Absolutely; we completely agree that objections raised by parents about the arrangements should be considered with the utmost care and attention. That is why we have already built…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)As ever, it is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. I thank Opposition Members for initiating a discussion on this really important matter. Parents, or…17 Jan 2019HANSARDFibromyalgia: DiagnosisDiagnosing fibromyalgia can be difficult because there is no specific diagnostic test and symptoms can vary. A range of support exists to help GPs, including an e-learning course…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I would just say to the hon. Lady that I am quoting Sir Simon Wessely. In his view, this is too often a bureaucratic tick-box exercise and does not put the individual, their…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am more than happy to do that, and I will deal with that shortly. The amendments would remove the role from the care home manager entirely, and would separate the liberty…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that kind offer, but we intend to build on the role that care homes already play. Care home managers already daily identify that a person…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I understand the hon. Lady’s concerns, but she is not 100% correct. Where there are concerns about the care home, it is possible for the local authority, which would normally be…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank hon. Members for raising important issues today. We have heard what amendments 20 to 29 would do. It is worth setting out that care homes already have an important role in…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will say in response only that amendment 4 follows the approach taken in the current DoLS system. Question put, That the amendment be made.15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am happy to commit to going away and looking at the matter again. I understand that it worries hon. Members; if I am honest, it worries me, too. As I understand it, the reason…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)We will do that during Committee. The hon. Member for Stockton North spoke about the involvement of expertise, particularly in assessing those with speech and language…15 Jan 2019