I am listening with some interest to my hon. Friend’s speech. The purpose of his amendments, as he has said, is to replace the word “force” with “restraint”, and he has just given quite a strong list of things that could be restraint. However, surely the whole purpose of this Bill is to focus on force as we see it defined in other legislation. I know from his doughtiness on issues such as nanny state and cotton wool-style politics that the prospect of talking to people with smiles, which he says could be restraint, is the last thing that we want in this type of Bill.
Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kevin Foster
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 15 June 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill.
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