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HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)No, I do not have that to hand, but I have explicitly said that we will set out what the draft code of practice will include. I hope that that will give the hon. Gentleman more…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I hope that what I will say gives the hon. Lady more clarity. Amendment 4 follows the current approach in the deprivation of liberty safeguards system—the DoLS system—which…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am very happy to discuss the matter further with hon. Members, but the issue is that there is not a watertight trigger point. When we say that information must be delivered at…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I completely agree that information sharing is vital in the system, and that it should be done at the earliest possible point. Liberty protection safeguards are not something that…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)indicated assent.15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Let me explain why in two short sentences. In delivering a better and more effective system, we must ensure it is legally cogent. That includes having a watertight trigger point…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 4, in schedule 1, page 11, line 19, leave out from beginning to end of line 7 on page 12 and insert— “13 (1) As soon as practicable after authorising…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak for highlighting the issue, about which I always listen to what he has to say. Of course, he is quite brilliant in his own…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 3, in schedule 1, page 8, line 19, leave out from “mainly” to “that” in line 21 and insert “through— (i) the provision of NHS continuing healthcare under…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a good point; we have to look at that interaction. The AMCP will be a professional social worker, will be accountable to a professional body, and will…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)indicated assent .15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his suggestion; we will definitely take it into consideration. I fully understand where the concerns about independent hospitals acting as a…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The hon. Lady has legitimate concerns. Making the responsible body the independent hospital was a recommendation in the Law Commission report. Amendment 19 changes the responsible…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a great pleasure to respond on the amendment, after our short break, in this delightfully warm and cosy room. I will start by addressing some of the issues raised by hon.…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The hon. Lady makes a strong point, but that underlines the issues we have with DoLS at the moment: despite a backlog of 125,000 and a cost ticket of £2 billion, the system is not…15 Jan 2019HANSARDFibromyalgia: DiagnosisI warmly welcome the organisation that my hon. Friend mentioned. There are some outstanding voluntary community-led organisations up and down the country that provide invaluable…15 Jan 2019HANSARDFibromyalgia: DiagnosisI feel that my colleague the Secretary of State has set the bar for compliments to Members this morning. On that basis, I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his Westminster Hall…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for clarifying that point, but I feel strongly that having an independent responsible body overseeing how these things are processed will make…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I agree very much with that sentiment. We know that local authorities up and down the country are doing sterling work processing applications, but we also know that there is huge…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I disagree. We are not putting more responsibilities on to local authorities—we are just targeting them better. The hon. Gentleman says £2 billion would be a small price to pay.…15 Jan 2019