Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill

I completely agree, and I am delighted that the National Autism Society fully supports the Bill a...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is now time for each provider to publish, correctly and rob...

I agree, and I very much hope that the Minister will make such a commitment today.

There ar...

I support my hon. Friend’s Bill, particularly clause 13 on police body cameras. Is he aware that ...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The idea of engaging with the Welsh Assembly as the Bil...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on the Bill. I declare a non-pecuniary interest in that my son is a...

I very much agree with my hon. Friend. The Government are commissioning a much wider review of me...

More broadly, having watched documentaries on this issue, does my hon. Friend agree that there is...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Unfortunately, that is outside the scope of the Bill, but...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the time he gave me to discuss the Bill a few weeks ago. ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his very helpful intervention. The only way to go forward with the...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing forward the Bill. Seni Lewis was a young man who grew u...

I absolutely agree. There is an old line that justice delayed is justice denied. No family who ha...

I was going to call Mr Malthouse, but although he is on the list he is not standing up. He is sho...

I think there has been an error, Mr Speaker. I am here for the second debate, not the first.

I thought the hon. Gentleman wanted to speak on this Bill, but if I am mistaken and he wishes to ...

Gosh, what a delightful choice awaits me. I call Victoria Prentis.

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I am most grateful to have been called first, Mr Speaker, out of the smorgasbord of choice availa...

Is it not also time to pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for North Norfolk (Norman L...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. It is very important in these cases to congratulate M...

May I add my voice to my hon. Friend’s in congratulating the promoter of the Bill on not just bri...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. We have begun to understand and talk about mental he...

We are being consensual across the House, and I would like to retain that spirit, but would also ...

Rather than get too party political, I think it is appropriate to talk about other difficulties t...

I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Croydon North (Mr Reed) for bringing the Bill to the House. ...

I could not agree more. The provision of statistics and retention of figures and then the crunchi...

Thank you very much for calling me to speak so early in the debate, Mr Speaker. I should like to ...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, no matter what equipment we have, the root of the problem is ...

I quite agree that we need to have the right levels of staff, and that is why I am so pleased tha...

Does my hon. Friend agree that this is not just about the numbers of staff but about how well the...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I do not think anyone is suggesting that police officers are ...

We on the Opposition Benches do not think that this is only about the money that is going in now....

I am not sure that I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. Of course there have been historical...

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I would be delighted to give way to my hon. Friend on the other side of the House, if I may call ...

When public services are stretched and under-resourced, and with rising demands, it is more impor...

I was responding—

Order. I am immensely grateful to the hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston (Ms Rimmer), bu...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I know that she, like me, greatly values the work of ...

I believe it is important for the hon. Gentleman to acknowledge that there are still far too many...

The hon. Lady makes an important point. The closer to the community the treatment can be given, t...

My hon. Friend is making an important point. In addition to parity of esteem, we need greater und...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is about not just understanding the experience of the pe...

I am enjoying listening to my hon. Friend’s speech. Does he agree that the use of police cells is...

My hon. Friend makes an important point and that is something that we are waking up to. As Home S...

Will my hon. Friend briefly give way again?

I will, but I am conscious of the time.

My hon. Friend is being extremely generous. The situation is ironic, because we have strict time ...

Again, my hon. Friend makes an important and interesting intervention, which comes back to the wi...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman that parity is not necessarily achieved just through funding, but...

I thank the hon. Gentleman. That goes back to my earlier point that the funding is there. We are ...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Oliver Dowden), and I congrat...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon North (Mr Reed) on introducing the Bill, whi...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, with which I absolutely agree. I am pleased that the ...

Does the hon. Lady accept that the named individual must be able to prove that they have been tra...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I agree absolutely that we need to get the t...

One notable thing in the evidence about this is a huge variation in the use of restraint: in simi...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. She is right: so often the circumstances of patient...

My hon. Friend raises an important point. Does she agree that we must be careful not to judge peo...

My hon. Friend is exactly right. It is incumbent on us as we go forward with this Bill to set the...

I am a huge supporter of body-worn cameras on police officers and on prison officers, because I b...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Interestingly, even in the social media world we all live in,...

Does my hon. Friend also agree that one bonus of footage from body-worn cameras is that people ha...

My hon. Friend is exactly right. These common-sense measures could have a dramatic impact on the ...

My hon. Friend just mentioned a case in a special school. I know we are talking about mental heal...

I would be happy to work with my hon. Friend on that. Perhaps it is something we need to look at ...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon North (Mr Reed) for introducing the Bill; he certai...

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I am not going to give way. Many other Members wish to speak and there are other items of busines...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I have already made the point that many Members wish to speak so I shall not be giving way.