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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOn 5 January 2020, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 (All Tier Regulations) were amended. These amendments instructed people…19 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI do not have the exact figure on the last question, not least because it goes up every day, I am glad to say, but the total number of NHS staff who have had the vaccination is…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformOne of the things that we have tried to do, which has been made more important because of the pandemic, is ensure that access to IAPT therapies is available and that mental health…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformYes, absolutely. We have put more support directly into schools, and we are rolling out the mental health link workers to make sure young people get that support when they need it.13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformThat is one of the purposes of having advocates in this way. Exactly how we frame that in law will no doubt be a subject for nuance and debate to get it right, and I am very…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformYes. The hon. Lady is absolutely right to draw out this point, and the figures she quotes were one of the reasons it became so urgently clear that we need to make these changes.…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformYes, absolutely. I can give the reassurance that for those who need to access IAPT—improving access to psychological therapies—services and talking therapies for lower-level…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI am very happy to do that. One of the most striking and out-of-date things about the current legislation is that if somebody who is unmarried is incapacitated through illness,…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI thank the shadow Minister for her thoughtful approach. I agree with the way that she described the challenge, and with her insistence that we must not just improve the…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI put on record my gratitude to my right hon. Friend. Without her, I am not sure we would have reached this point. Her dedication to this topic, both as Home Secretary and then as…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI would very much like to pay tribute to those who bravely put forward their testimony of their lived experience of what it was like to be a service user under the existing Act,…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformWe have put extra funding into those services. I absolutely appreciate, of course, that they are under pressure, especially with the pandemic. The hon. Lady is right that we must…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformThat is a very important question. I do not recognise the 71 figure; I will look into it and write to the hon. Lady with my full understanding of the situation, having consulted…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformWith permission, I would like to make a statement on reforming the Mental Health Act. Even amidst the pandemic, I am enormously grateful for the work that my team and the NHS have…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformThe hon. Gentleman is right that GPs are the absolute frontline in treating mental ill health, not least because the first presentation of mental illness is often at general…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformEnsuring that that sort of link-up is standard practice across the criminal justice system is critical, and that is one area that the Lord Chancellor and I are working on.…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformIt is very moving to hear the personal testimony of so many people, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his personal testimony today of how important this is. Like him, I am…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI welcome the comments of the SNP spokesman, and I appreciate her support and thoughtful questions. She is quite right about ensuring that we address the challenges that present…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformMy hon. Friend has done so much, alongside other members of the Select Committee and more broadly, on this piece of work to ensure that the law treats people with learning…13 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformAbsolutely. I want to see more people cared for in appropriate settings, which will often be in the community. My right hon. Friend set the target, as Health Secretary, to reduce…13 Jan 2021