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Mental Health Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 19 February 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on Mental Health Bill [HL].
My Lords, I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, mentioned resources because I wonder whether a regulatory impact assessment has been made of this proposal. There are not enough resources to cope with people who have been clinically assessed as needing treatment, and now we are proposing to put into an overstretched system people who have not been assessed and for whom distinguished clinicians feel that the tension of that kind of environment is not appropriate. I would be grateful if the Minister could say what the regulatory impact assessment was of practical resources to bring about what the Government’s amendments propose.

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Reference

689 c933 

Session

2006-07

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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