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HANSARD Outdoor EducationIn Winchester, we are fortunate to have the beautiful south downs and a lot of very productive farms. We had Open Farm Sunday last week. Does my hon. Friend agree that outdoor…11 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)We support all efforts to keep young people happy and healthy in their communities. I visited Winchester Youth Counselling recently, where pupils can self-refer to talk through…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The point of having an at-risk list is that ideally there is proactive contact with people—perhaps in quite a soft way, and perhaps through community hubs, as we have…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Unfortunately, I was busy meeting Brian May and talking about farming, so I have not had a chance to work up a really good response. The point of the Liberal Democrat amendments…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is an honour to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Furniss. I know that the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon will have spent his lunch time anticipating the responses to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)That is a very insightful point. The list could be longer and is not meant to be exclusive. I am not sure of the answer to the hon. Lady’s question but, taking a step back, we…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerI wish you a very happy birthday, Mr Speaker—your 40th, I am guessing. I was really impressed that Holy Trinity church in Colden Common, which is a heritage building, managed to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will carry on, if that is okay. Our social and health services need to see the whole person, including their social needs and the factors in their environment that threaten…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. In my maiden speech, I focused primarily on mental health and on the fact that there are so many demographics of people who we know…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will not argue with an esteemed Member who has the hon. Gentleman’s background in mental health. I take his point as it stands.10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I completely agree with everything the hon. Member just said. Atul Gawande did a fantastic piece of work on checklists that emphasised the need for them not to become tick boxes.…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 8, in clause 4, page 8, line 27, at end insert— “(ba) the person is under 18 years old and satisfies the conditions in (b)(ii).” This amendment inserts a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Amendments 8 and 9 would insert a new subsection to extend to all children and young people under the age of 18 the duty on integrated care boards to establish and maintain a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)On the surface, what the shadow Minister says seems logical and makes sense. I am not a mental health clinician, so I want to be really careful about pushing in one direction.…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I know how much the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon enjoys speaking in Bill Committees—we were on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee together a few months ago—and I am really…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I give way to the hon. Lady.10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank both hon. Members for their input and their valid points. We appreciate the Minister addressing these concerns. We will not press amendment 9 or 47, but we would like to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank everyone for all their insights into our amendments; they were very useful and constructive. I will address a couple of them briefly. First, I thank the hon. Member for…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Dorking and Horley (Chris Coghlan) has been pushing forward on that very emotive and difficult issue of capacity; he brought it up in his…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 4, page 4, line 41, at end insert— “(iv) housing.” This amendment ensures that housing needs are considered as part of care, education and…10 Jun 2025