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HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I do not know whether I will be able to answer the hon. Gentleman’s question in its entirety, because quite a lot of that is being led by my colleagues in the Ministry of Housing,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Once again, I am grateful to the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley for moving the amendments and the new clause on behalf of the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge. I…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)I see. I am sorry; I had misunderstood the shadow Minister’s point. I thought it was about sharing data on particular patients, especially those who are crossing borders. The…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Absolutely, and I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her outstanding work in the all-party parliamentary group; I am looking forward to meeting with the APPG as soon as diary time…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. I thank the many hon. Members who spoke on Second Reading. It is clear that in this place, as in the other place, the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)That is a valid question, and one that has probably been asked in pretty much every Bill Committee that has ever taken place. It is always a challenge to get the balance right,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I ask the hon. Gentleman to clarify his question about data collection. Is he looking for clarity on the number of people who are judged to have mental capacity but who trigger…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 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is important that we do not see devolution as a wall between the two countries; in fact, we should be sharing information and best practice—nobody has a monopoly on good ideas.…10 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 ] (First sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley for moving the amendment on behalf of the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge, and to the shadow Minister for…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 ] (Second sitting)That does clarify it. I will absolutely discuss that with officials. It is clear that we need a complete picture of the prevalence of people reporting to emergency departments and…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 ] (Second sitting)Again, I thank the hon. Member for Winchester for his amendments. I understand the intent behind amendments 8 and 9, but the clauses on registers and the associated duties on…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The dynamic support register is specifically focused on people, both children and adults, who have learning disabilities and people who are autistic. I think it is quite a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his questions. I will answer to the best of my ability, but I may need to write to him on one or two points. On enforcement and accountability, the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The red thread that goes through all those questions, from both my hon. Friend and the Opposition spokesman, is very much about how we are going to build a clear and strong…10 Jun 2025