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Mental Health Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 April 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on Mental Health Bill [HL].
On that point, I am glad that my right hon. Friend has made it clear that this provision applies where people represent a risk of harm to themselves or to others. I fear that some people, in reflecting on the Bill, think that supervised community treatment following admission to hospital could be applied more widely than that. Will she look further into the Bill’s provisions for victims in those circumstances? I am concerned that victims of those ““revolving door patients”” who are not dealt with under criminal justice Acts, but quite properly in mental health care legislation, do not have rights under the Bill to information about the person who has made them a victim. That differs from the original draft Bill, so I hope that during the Bill’s passage, my right hon. Friend will write in rights for victims.

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Reference

459 c56 

Session

2006-07

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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