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HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)If the hon. Gentleman lets me get to the end of my point, I will give way to him. The situation is this: if every local authority across the country was to completely clear its…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)With the greatest respect, I do not think the hon. Lady listened 100% to what I said. I said that in a case where the young person agrees to their care, their parents are happy…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)A number of valid points have been raised by hon. Members and I will cover some in more detail when we reach the relevant part of the Bill. I want to get through as many as I can…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I completely understand where the hon. Gentleman is coming from, but as he says, that is a political decision taken by local authorities up and down the country. He spoke with…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I understand why the hon. Lady says that, but looking at it in context, we committed to reducing the numbers by between 35% and 50% by the spring. There is no dilution of that…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I understand where the hon. Lady is coming from. The code of practice will be a living document. It will go alongside the Bill and have case studies. It has to be put together in…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I completely understand the hon. Lady’s feelings on this. She will know, because we met and discussed this, that I am very keen that the code of practice is put together by taking…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)In each case, these are professional social workers who have the required skills and training to make this kind of decision. We do not want to recreate the current system, which…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)With deprivation of liberty safeguards or liberty protection safeguards, roughly 80% are in care homes, 20% are in hospitals and—I know this will add up to over 100%, but it is…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for that interesting question. His medical background makes him a very valuable member of this Committee—as is everybody else, of course. There have…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Everybody is entitled to an AMCP if they are in an independent hospital. That is on the face of the Bill in terms of decision making, case studies and how we make sure people have…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)With your leave, Mr Austin, I will address the amendments in my name before I speak to the Opposition’s amendments. This group of amendments relates to pre-authorisation reviews,…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 2, in schedule 1, page 5, line 19, leave out “if a person objects to arrangements” and insert “in certain cases”. This amendment is consequential on…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)As I said, due to the cumbersome and inefficient nature of the current DoLS system, many people are not receiving the vital protections they need. Members across the House heard…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I will just get to the end of my sentence. The Government amendment already clarifies that AMCPs can review authorisations in other relevant cases—for example, if circumstances…15 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. The Bill amends the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and reforms deprivation of liberty safeguards, which, if the…15 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe remain absolutely committed to delivering the challenge under dementia 2020 and to making England the best country in the world for dementia care by 2020. As part of that, we…15 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the incredible work of children’s hospices across the country. Up until now, there has been a disparity between their funding and…15 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady knows that we have given councils access to nearly £10 billion over a three-year period to address this very issue, but she is right to highlight the issues at the…15 Jan 2019HANSARDPeople with Autism and Learning DisabilitiesThe hon. Gentleman chairs the all-party group on acquired brain injury, and we are working on the recommendations of his report. This is such an important issue, and we want to…15 Jan 2019