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HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I agree. Even if the Government build the number of houses that they propose—I have some scepticism—there will always be the potential conflict or disagreement on prioritisation…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. As I have indicated, I have a lot of sympathy with the amendments, but some practical constraints need to be teased…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)To take that point slightly further, given that pretty much every local authority has a different set of criteria by which to determine people’s housing needs, how would, for…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Moving on from the confidentiality point, if there is going to be sharing—again, I have a lot of sympathy with the amendments—how would the hon. Lady ensure that disagreements…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I have a lot of sympathy with what the hon. Lady is trying to achieve with these amendments. My question is about how she would ensure, within the context of the provisions, that…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)On the point made by the hon. Member for Ashford about local authorities, given that the Government are devolving and reorganising local government structures across parts of the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I support the comments of the Minister and the hon. Member for Winchester on the issue. On a cross-party basis, I know that my right hon. Friend the Member for Godalming and Ash…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his extraordinarily helpful intervention. I was not aware of the changes, and I certainly had not heard of fusion before, or about what is going on in…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Just in case my hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge is not following this Bill in Hansard , I will pass on the hon. Lady’s compliments to him. Like her, I have…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am doing my best—I will get it right by week three, I promise. New clause 24 would allow people who have attended or been brought to hospital to seek help or admission as a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am interested in the points that my hon. Friend is raising. Could he give any examples of the situations he is talking about? It would help the Committee, and certainly help me,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Ms Furniss, your ruling, as I am sure Hansard will show, is that we were required to come back at 20 minutes to 6. Opposition members of the Committee were back at 20 minutes to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)On a point of order, Ms Furniss. I called for a Division on the Adjournment before several members of the Committee who are now in the room came back. What is your ruling on…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Given that we have discussed the proposed new sections in depth, I do not intend to dilate upon this clause for long. Suffice it to say that the Opposition, notwithstanding the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the debate be now adjourned.10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The Chair said that we must be back here at 20 minutes to 6, and that the Committee would be suspended until that point. We have not been suspended since then.10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I want to be clear about what the hon. Gentleman is saying. My understanding of the amendment, for which I have a lot of sympathy, is that the mandatory training will be around…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)That is not true. Any member of the Committee can move the Adjournment.10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)My hon. Friend is making an excellent case for new clause 11, which could potentially solve funding issues I have raised. He mentioned the NHS 10-year plan. Will he suggest that…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I accept that we should aim for the pinnacle and the best. What I was trying to say was that because the amendments restrict us, rather than giving us the space to, hopefully,…10 Jun 2025