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Mental Health Bill [HL]

As I expected, the noble Baroness went some way to address my fears, but she did not do so entirely. I still think that another outcome may be possible, that of a CSSR—a council with social services responsibility—contracting with an NHS trust to provide this service. It would be simple to do that without prescribing in any great detail where AMHPs should come from. It would be simple to write it into the legislation that they could not come from the organisation that provides the compulsory care. I shall consider what the noble Baroness has said, and I may return to the matter at a later stage. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 17 agreed to. Clauses 18 to 20 agreed to.