Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Liam Fox (Conservative), on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 60 members in total.

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MENTAL HEALTH BILL

That this House expresses grave disquiet at the curtailment of liberty involved in proposals in the Government's draft Mental Health Bill, which would permit the detention of individuals who had not committed a criminal offence, nor were suffering from a mental disorder requiring therapeutic treatment; considers that the wide extension of powers of compulsion to patients in the community will impose unfair burdens on staff and damage relationships between patients and clinicians and dissuade patients from seeking help; congratulates the Mental Health Alliance on their campaign against the draft Bill; and calls on the Government to withdraw it and come forward with a bill that meets the need for modern procedures, whilst recognising the right of users of mental health services to prompt assessment and dignified treatment, which is the least restrictive and invasive that is appropriate and necessary.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

12 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Mental illness

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk