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Mental Health Bill [HL]

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. I am grateful to the Minister, despite the fact that his reply is not entirely unexpected, but I thank him for his backing, at least of the sentiments underlying my proposals. I think that there should be sanctions against infringement of this proposal, were it to be incorporated in the Bill. What those sanctions might be would be for another discussion. As I mentioned earlier, we have not gone nearly far enough with the code of practice; something has to be done, if not on the face—