Proceeding contribution from Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 10 January 2007. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Mental Health Bill [HL].
Mental Health Bill [HL]
That is a very helpful point. I do not want to argue for too long about how many psychiatrists are in favour of what. I simply wanted to say to the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, that he was a little unfair. Ten psychiatrists very kindly came to the meeting on Monday. As he will know, they had a predisposition to support the Government’s proposals. We were asked to hold that meeting. It would not be fair for him to say that only 10 psychiatrists in the country support this. I am tempted to say that we will accept the challenge to find more, but I do not think that we should do that. What I will say is that there are some genuine disagreements.
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- 2006-07
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- Codes of practice Consent to medical treatment Community care Mental illness Medical treatments Mentally disordered offenders Patients' rights Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Psychiatric hospitals Testing Social services
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- Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
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