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HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)My apologies; they are both lovely places. My hon. Friend spoke earlier about the impact that mental health treatment can have on people in regard to race and ethnicity, and the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I completely agree. The long-term implications and impacts of restraint on health and wellbeing have been widely documented and acknowledged. It is vital, if a patient is…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The crucial purpose of the new clause is to ensure that the use of restraint is recorded at all times, as well as highlighting that quite often…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I will speak briefly to the new clause, which was tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Hallam (Olivia Blake).…24 Jun 2025HANSARD War MemorialsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stuart. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) on securing this important debate.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI would like the Minister to clarify that the additional support and ambition that she is talking about is to improve the SEN side. For Members who are not aware, the statutory…24 Jun 2025HANSARDDepartment for EducationI very much welcome the Government’s investment in education, as demonstrated through the estimates that have come out today. In particular, I want to touch briefly on the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am afraid I will make progress, but I thank her for her interruption. [ Laughter. ] Her intervention, my apologies. We have been told that there are panels that will provide a…20 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI rise to speak in opposition to the Bill. Today, we are voting not on the principle of assisted dying, but on a piece of legislation. We do not exist in a vacuum; what happens in…20 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I would welcome the hon. Lady’s thoughts on where clause 45 or the Government’s amendments allow for selective provision. My understanding is that they place an onus on mental…19 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I rise to speak briefly to clause 45, Government amendments 32 and 33, Lib Dem amendment 18 and Opposition amendment 46. I am very supportive of clause 45. The ability to make an…19 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Having looked at new clause 21, I have a rather large concern about consent. The hon. Lady is setting out what the integrated care board would have a duty to do, including giving…19 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)Will the hon. Lady give way on that point?19 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I agree on the notion of a right; where we vary is that I think that the Bill as written, and Government amendments 32 and 33, enshrine the notion of a right without it having to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I am equally confused; I did not think we were talking about an amendment. I thought we were talking about a clause. Apologies.17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Without wanting to sound abrupt, we all have the explanatory notes and are reading them, so in the interests of brevity might the hon. Member consider getting to the point about…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Like many Committee members, I was deeply confused about how we were proceeding. On the face of it, the clause broadly seems as if it should be part of any Act about mental health…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I am glad that the Minister is explaining how capturing feedback and experience is being allowed for in other parts of the Bill. To clarify, in my own head I feel that the clause…17 Jun 2025HANSARDRegistration of Births (Inclusion of Deceased Parents)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for the inclusion of a parent’s details on a child’s birth certificate where that parent has died before…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group on British Sign Language, I know that the thousands of BSL first-language speakers in this country are very supportive of the…16 Jun 2025