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HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I join other noble Lords in expressing my full support for Amendment 51 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Meston. A very compelling case was put by forward by him and…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I should like first to speak to Amendment 160BC standing in my name. Although it may not look like it, this is a probing amendment. I have tabled it because I have been…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will keep this brief since I can do no more than back the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, in every word that she has said in support of these two amendments. We are…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. While the Calocane tragedy provided the trigger for these amendments, there are messages sent out from…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 160BA and will speak to Amendment 160BB. These amendments, tabled in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kamall, stem directly from the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am right behind the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, and the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, in their Amendment 130. We know, and I believe that by and large we accept, that the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 142, I will speak to Amendments 143 and 144 standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kamall. These amendments are about one critical…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, once again, I express my appreciation to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I highlight in particular the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins,…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 146 standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kamall. On the previous group of amendments, I cited the experience of a child held on…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in this short debate and grateful for the support that they have expressed for the amendments, both mine and the others in…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Treatment: Waiting TimesMy Lords, do the Government see a role for employers in promoting the mental health of their respective workforces?03 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, with this group of amendments, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, my noble friend Lady Berridge, the noble Lord, Lord Meston, and the noble and learned Baroness, Lady…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, in this group of amendments my noble friend Lady Berridge has raised an armada of issues which I think it is clear to all of us cannot be ducked. These issues, as she…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I believe we would all accept—and, personally, I am in no doubt—that my noble friend Lady Browning possesses a breadth and depth of experience in matters relating to…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much appreciate the support from around the Committee for my Amendment 115. I support all the other amendments in this group, each of which is designed to bolster…27 Jan 2025