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Mental Health Bill [HL]

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Wednesday, 10 January 2007, in the House of Lords. The answering member was Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.

Mental Health Bill (HL). Lords Committee stage second day. Clause 4 under consideration. Part 2 of 3 records.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

688 c263-80

Session

2006-07

Department

Department of Health

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Mental Health Bill (HL) . Explanatory Notes also published (HL Bill 1-EN )
Thursday, 16 November 2006
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 688 c275 (Link to this contribution) I shall intervene briefly to support these amendments, particularly Amendment No. 7, which outlines ...

Baroness Murphy | 688 c274 (Link to this contribution) If the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Williamson, was a Mini, and that of the noble Baroness, Lady W...

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Lord Soley | 688 c274 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend is absolutely right. I apologise; I was looking at Amendment No. 7.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c274 (Link to this contribution) I think the noble Lord is speaking to the next amendment. The amendment we are discussing at the mom...

Lord Soley | 688 c273 (Link to this contribution) I come to Amendment No. 7 from a very different position from those we have heard about so far. I ha...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c278 (Link to this contribution) This has been a good debate. I say right at the beginning that I have no disagreement whatever with ...

Earl Howe | 688 c275-6 (Link to this contribution) We have heard some compelling speeches in this debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins, and the nob...

Baroness Neuberger | 688 c276-8 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support in principle the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins, and the noble Lord,...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c280 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume and that the Committee stage begin again not before 8.20 ...

Baroness Wilkins | 688 c280 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate and given their support to b...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c278-9 (Link to this contribution) I fully understand that. What I am trying to say is that such an amendment to the Bill would, by its...

Baroness Meacher | 688 c278 (Link to this contribution) We were only asking for equal treatment of mental health alongside physical disability. I do not thi...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c280 (Link to this contribution) A great many switches in resources are taking place. To single out mental health and to suggest that...

Baroness Neuberger | 688 c280 (Link to this contribution) I am so sorry to interrupt the Minister, but when he says that the Government will do everything the...

Baroness Meacher | 688 c271-3 (Link to this contribution) In my view, one of the most cruel injustices in this country is the failure of our National Health S...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 688 c269-71 (Link to this contribution) I should like to speak in support of both these amendments. As the noble Lord, Lord Williamson, has ...

Lord Williamson of Horton | 688 c268-9 (Link to this contribution) I rise to support Amendment No. 7 and to speak to Amendment No. 55 tabled in my name and that of my ...

Baroness Wilkins | 688 c263-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 7: 7: After Clause 3 , insert the following new Clause— ““Rights to support an...

Lord Soley | 688 c274 (Link to this contribution) My apologies if that is right. I was reading Amendment No. 7 and some of the subsections of the new ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 688 c274 (Link to this contribution) This amendment is about rights to support and treatment.

Subjects

Codes of practice

Consent to medical treatment

Community care

Medical treatments

Mentally disordered offenders

Patients' rights

Psychiatric patients

Mental health services

Mental health

Psychiatric hospitals

Testing

Social services

Legislation

Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07

Link

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