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Mental Health Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Monday, 26 February 2007, in the House of Lords.
Mental Health Bill (HL). Lords Report stage second day. Part 2 of 3 records.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

689 c1392-432 

Session

2006-07

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Mental Health Bill (HL). As amended in Committee (HL).
Monday, 29 January 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 689 c1431-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 54: 54: Schedule 3, page 60, line 14, leave out paragraph 35 and insert— ““Ext...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 689 c1432 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is the potential in theory for a patient to meet the criteria for compulsion in one ...

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Earl Howe | 689 c1432 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lady Carnegie, who unfortunately cannot be here, has asked me to express h...
Earl Howe | 689 c1427-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 46A and 47: 46A: Clause 26 , page 19, line 32, at end insert— ““(4A) The res...
Earl Howe | 689 c1427 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 45A: 45A: Clause 26 , page 19, line 31, leave out from ““report”” to end of li...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 689 c1430 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Patel, argued as persuasively for this amendment today as he did in C...
Earl Howe | 689 c1427 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and take note of his comments. He described the amendme...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1425-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Howe, for his amendment, which seeks to set a time l...
Earl Howe | 689 c1424-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 44: 44: Clause 26 , page 19, line 24, at end insert ““for a maximum of three y...
Earl Howe | 689 c1422 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reply, although it was disappointing. My fear here i...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 689 c1421-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, let us suppose that one of the conditions under new Section 17B(3)(e) is that a person rem...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1420-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, obviously these amendments reflect concerns raised in Committee and at Second Reading. The...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 689 c1420 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these amendments for all the reasons which have been so cogently expanded by the...
Earl Howe | 689 c1418-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 39: 39: Clause 26 , page 16, leave out line 34 The noble Earl said: My Lords,...
Earl Howe | 689 c1417-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 36A: 36A: Clause 26 , page 15, line 39, leave out from beginning to end of lin...
Earl Howe | 689 c1415 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand the Minister’s view on this issue. The fact is that we do not know how many p...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1414-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for intervening because I know that the House wants to reach a decision, but I...
Earl Howe | 689 c1414 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and to the Minist...
Baroness Meacher | 689 c1411 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister accept that a consultant psychiatrist has had 13 years of training to cr...
Baroness Meacher | 689 c1412 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, of course other professionals may have had several years of training in their professions ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1411-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I simply do not recognise the possibility that the noble Baroness describes. She referred,...
Lord Alderdice | 689 c1412-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to draw two issues to the Minister’s attention. First, it is not possible for the r...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1412 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the problem with the route that the noble Baroness is taking is that if a responsible clin...
Lord Soley | 689 c1413 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend give way, because I am becoming increasingly confused about this? It ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1413 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I made it clear early on that, when a doctor prescribes a medication, that is clearly the ...
Baroness Murphy | 689 c1409-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very disappointed overall. Although I have moved a long way personally in my response...
Lord Alderdice | 689 c1409 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want briefly to appeal to the Minister and the House to recognise that these are complex...
Bishop of Worcester | 689 c1409 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I just add a brief word about the contrary pull of compulsion and therapy. Obviously, I am...
Lord Patel of Bradford | 689 c1402 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the points raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Neuberger, and shall add a brie...
Baroness Neuberger | 689 c1400-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 33A: 33A: After Clause 25 , insert the following new Clause— ““Nominated perso...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 689 c1400 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that encouraging reply. I said at the beginning that this was a m...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 689 c1409 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we support the amendments moved by the noble Earl for the reasons that he has given. I sim...
Earl Howe | 689 c1406-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 33B: 33B: Clause 26, page 15, line 31, at end insert— ““(b) if the responsible...
Baroness Neuberger | 689 c1405-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. She will hardly be surprised to hear that I am slig...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 689 c1402-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Barker and Lady Neuberger, for their work on A...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1432 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that further consideration on Report be now adjourned. In moving the Motion,...
Baroness Barker | 689 c1392-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 26: 26: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— ““Conflicts of inter...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 689 c1393 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for tabling such a sensible set of amendments. We...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1395-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 30 and 31: 30: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause— ““Electro-c...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 689 c1396-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 32: 32: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause— ““Independent mental...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1394 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord invites me to give a short response. I am afraid that we were not moved by ...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 689 c1394-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his very helpful response. As he realises, I am concerne...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 689 c1398-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment is intended to ensure that advocacy services are available to all patients ...
Baroness Walmsley | 689 c1398 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches also support the amendment. The Minister will know that there are prec...
Baroness Howells of St Davids | 689 c1397-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I proposed this amendment in Committee, I related to noble Lords the story of a young...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1413-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a helpful intervention. My noble friend is right: nothing in the Bill requires a p...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1410-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a short, although, if I may say so, sober debate on supervised community tre...
Lord Ramsbotham | 689 c1398 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment has an application to those in custody and possibly to those who come into ...
Lord Patel of Bradford | 689 c1428-30 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 51: 51: Schedule 3 , page 58, line 31, at end insert— ““In section 121 of the ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 689 c1422 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these are all hypothetical examples, but my assumption in that circumstance would be that ...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 689 c1393-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 28: 28: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— ““CHAPTER 2A Crimina...
Lord Patel | 689 c1430-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on a pleasant note, I thank the Minister for agreeing to look at this further and for reco...
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