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HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is a particular honour to speak for the very first time from the Front Bench in a Bill Committee under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. I will speak to the amendments and ask some…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 32, in schedule 1, page 13, line 46, at end insert— “(aa) a determination made on an assessment in respect of the cared-for person as to whether the…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am grateful the Minister has agreed to have another look at the requests we have made today, but, in summary, medical and capacity assessments are a fundamental part of the…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I will move on to amendment 31, which addresses who should be able to carry out medical assessments. As hon. Members know, one of the three criteria for authorising the…17 Jan 2019HANSARDMental Health ServicesRecent analysis of NHS digital mental health workforce statistics reveals that NHS England is not on course to meet its targets of 21,000 additional mental health staff by 2021.…15 Jan 2019 Bills sponsored (1)