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HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Member for the intervention, but I simply repeat that under both the Act and this Bill, which will reform that Act, clinicians have the power to detain on the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I will touch on the questions that have been asked on cumulative and escalating behaviour, on having a review of public safety and on the training plan. The details will be…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The purpose of clause 16 is twofold. First, it seeks to maintain the status quo around when the responsible clinician must report to the regulatory authority on the patient’s…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I will do that. Question put and agreed to. Clause 13 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 14 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 15 Electro-convulsive…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The content of the Bill, in this context, has been produced on the basis of engagement with the second opinion appointed doctor service and clinical experts. That was partly…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The classification of which part III patients the clause applies to is at the heart of the shadow Minister’s question about ensuring that everything is co-ordinated and we do not…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I will discuss the clause and review of treatment. Under the Act, the regulator, the CQC, is responsible for appointing individuals to provide independent second opinions on the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Defining “compelling” will be an important part of the code of practice. We will include case studies and examples to help to put flesh on the bones of that and to illustrate it.…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)On the Opposition spokesman’s question about a specific timeframe, the wording of the clause— “as soon as reasonably practicable”— is a sufficient and fairly strong steer to the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The power to give compulsory treatment is sometimes necessary to get a person well again, but unfortunately some clinicians can too easily resort to this course of action without…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Clause 11 will introduce a new clinical checklist that the patient’s responsible clinician must follow when making decisions about a patient’s treatment. This seeks to put the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)We expect the entire process to take about a year from Royal Assent. My colleague Baroness Merron made a strong commitment from the Dispatch Box in the other place that we will…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am conscious that we will be voting imminently, so I will try to rattle through. Going back to my phrase “the red thread”, the thread running through all the shadow Minister’s…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The shadow Minister is tempting me to reveal the details of the workforce plan. While I have a huge amount of respect for this Committee, I do not think that it is where we will…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I just need to turn to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley. On strong duties, the code of practice flows from the primary legislation and therefore has a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The devolution Bill and the process of reorganising and restructuring are based on two really strong principles: that it is up to us through legislation to create the outcomes…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Yes, I think that is right. We have a commitment to creating—either building or repurposing—facilities for more acute mental health settings. We have also created the 111 mental…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Currently, a person with a learning disability can be detained for treatment under section 3 of the Mental Health Act when their learning disability “is associated with abnormally…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I absolutely accept the point that there are deeply integrated communities on that border. A huge number of people live in England and work in Wales, or live in Wales and work in…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I think the short answer to my hon. Friend’s question is yes. The written ministerial statement will be an update on the work done over the preceding 12 months, but it absolutely…10 Jun 2025