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HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an important point. We are absolutely committed to ensuring that we create a space for young people to provide feedback. Some of that will be around past…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I can assure my hon. Friend on that. We have safeguards in place both to ensure that the selection is appropriate in the first place and that, if there are behaviours that…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)My understanding is that it is in schedule 2.17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I will discuss a number of issues concerning the topic of the nominated person, one of the Bill’s key reforms. I will first address clause 24 and schedule 2, which seek to replace…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)With all due respect to the hon. Gentleman, I am not going to spend time shuffling my papers around. If he cares to look at schedule 2, I think he will find it there. Government…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Currently, under the Mental Health Act, a person detained for treatment can be kept in hospital initially for six months before the responsible clinician must make an assessment…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I will discuss a number of issues concerning community treatment orders and ensuring sufficient resources for…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Services: Staffing in Rural AreasIf we were to make an assessment of the way in which the SNP has mismanaged its responsibilities in Scotland we would be here for a very long time. I am not sure I can answer my…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Where is the evidence for that?17 Jun 2025HANSARDPharmaciesThe hon. Gentleman will have seen—and I am sure will welcome—the record uplift of £3.1 billion that we are putting into the pharmacy sector after years of underfunding,…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Services: Staffing in Rural AreasI know this is an important issue for the hon. Member from the meeting we had about it last year. This Government are supporting local providers by recruiting an additional 8,500…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Services: Staffing in Rural AreasI thank the hon. Member for that. There is no doubt that the NHS, universities and others need to do more to get students, trainees and qualified doctors and mental health…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)No, thank you. I am chuntering from a sedentary position.17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to point to the anomalies in the eyecare system. There are concerns about the role that some aspects of the independent sector are playing,…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question and her relentless campaigning on this issue. She is right that the 700,000 urgent dental appointments are a first step, and we are…17 Jun 2025HANSARDPharmaciesThe pharmacy sector is facing huge challenges after massive cuts over the past 14 years. We are beginning to rebuild, but the hon. Lady is right that there are particular…17 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise that important point. It is truly shameful that 4.5 million children in the UK now live in poverty. We are developing an ambitious strategy that…17 Jun 2025HANSARDPharmaciesAfter years of underfunding, the Government agreed a record uplift of £3.1 billion for ’25-26 for the pharmacy sector. The pharmacy access scheme provides £19 million to support…17 Jun 2025HANSARDHealth of the ElderlyThe spending review announced increases in NHS spending alongside more money for adult social care. By investing in DEXA scanners, we can more rapidly treat conditions such as…17 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The term “unreasonable delay” is subject to review by the courts, and further guidance will be given in the code of practice. On what happens if the responsible clinician and the…17 Jun 2025