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Mental Health Bill (HL) 2024-26. Committee stage ninth sitting

New clause 1 (Reporting: racial disparities relating to community treatment orders), discussed with new clause 3 (Addressing and reporting on racial disparities and other inequalities in the use of the Mental Health Act 1983), debated and withdrawn. New clause 2 (Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space), negatived on division (2 votes to 11). New clause 6 (Duty to promote mental health wellbeing), debated and withdrawn. New clause 7 (Funding and reporting), debated and withdrawn. New clause 8 (Mental Health Commissioner), negatived on division (2 votes to 11). New clause 9 (Veterans’ Mental Health Oversight Officer), debated and withdrawn. New clause 11 (Costed plan to ensure community provision for individuals with learning disabilities and autism who are at risk of detention) negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 12 (Age-appropriate treatment for children), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 13 (Duty to review the functions of the regulatory authority), negatived on division (6 votes to 11). New clause 14 (Adequacy of accommodation: review), debated and withdrawn. New clause 15 (Review of impact of this Act on detention), discussed with new clause 18 (Report on the impact of this Act on patients with eating disorders), and new clause 23 (Impact assessment: children and young people in temporary foster care), debated and withdrawn. New clause 16 (Transfer of patients: out of area placements), debated and withdrawn. New clause 19 (Report and Guidance: Improving Outcomes for LGBT Patients), debated and withdrawn. New clause 22 (National strategy on mental health units), debated and withdrawn. New clause 24 (Application in respect of patient already on hospital grounds) negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 25 (Deaths in detention: independent investigations), debated and withdrawn. New clause 26 (Use of restraint and restrictive intervention), debated and withdrawn. Clauses 55 to 59 agreed to, with clauses 57 and 59 agreed to as amended. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 272). Committee rose. Written evidence to be reported to the House.