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HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I entirely agree with the hon. Lady’s end point and with the thrust of what she says. Causality is not causation, and we need to be very careful. When we get to the later clauses…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Does my hon. Friend share my opinion that it makes sense to agree with the Government? The impact of social media and the evidence coming out about using mobile phones and about…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The Minister is right about the registers, but I did notice that the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill introduced the unique identifier number. That came about after the Lord…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Let me take the example of a young person with deteriorating or fluctuating problems. They may be in school or out of school. We know that people with autism and learning…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)There is quite a lot to unpack in the hon. Lady’s intervention. As I pointed out, reflecting on what the previous Government learned is also important—for example, when…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will direct my remarks at new clause 11 and the amendments spoken to by the hon. Member for Guildford. New clause 11 seeks a clear, costed and consultative plan to help ensure…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Far be it from me to tell the Minister what to do, but if I were a wise Minister, I might look at where my predecessors had benefitted from further information and where they may…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am still addressing the hon. Lady’s first point. The Conservatives understand that it will take a long time to put in place, but a credible plan is needed. There was a credible…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I shall be interested to know what the hon. Lady’s rose-tinted spectacles show when we consider Scotland or Wales. One of my biggest frustrations in debates about the NHS is that…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Let me address these points, then I will be happy to give way. When we come to clause stand part, I will address the other amendments, but I specifically said that my comments…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)You may want to set me straight, Ms Furniss, but as we have agreed, I will directly address those points in the clause 4 stand part discussion. The hon. Member for Shipley rightly…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)My hon. Friend speaks to the heart of what we all know from our constituency day jobs, where many of us here in this place speak to outside organisations and families. On Second…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The hon. Member mentioned Baroness Casey, for whom I have the utmost respect, but herein lies the problem: she is still currently undertaking a review for the Home Office that has…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I appreciate what the Minister is saying. The blue threat, or blue and yellow thread, running through the debate is the question of how much needs to be in the primary…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a shame that the hon. Member for Shipley is not in her place to hear me speak to the rest of the clause 4, having considered the amendments to it first— [ Interruption. ]…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Further to that point of order, Ms Furniss. To follow up on what the Government Whip, the hon. Member for Coventry North West, said, when a vote was called—although I appreciate…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Like me, my hon. Friend has served as a clinician on the frontline. As this point is sometimes lost, can he explain the practicalities of what turning up at a hospital versus…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Amendment 52 would amend clause 5 to introduce an important distinction in the grounds for detention under section 2 of the Mental Health Act, namely on whether a person has the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will try to elucidate a little further. We know that some people have fluid capacity, such as those with dementia or depression. How do we ensure that people have safeguards for…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I have spoken to my hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge and looked into this issue a bit further. Psychiatry is already looking towards future capacity and trying…10 Jun 2025