Yes, that definition is included in the Bill, and it is also expected that people will have an advocate. That is an approved person; it can be a family member or loved one or it can be an independent mental capacity advocate, or indeed both if the family do not feel they are fully equipped to be able to support their loved one.
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Dinenage
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 February 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords].
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