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Mental Health Bill [HL]

My Lords, I simply do not recognise the possibility that the noble Baroness describes. She referred, for instance, to a few weeks’ training. Let me disabuse her of that notion immediately. We are talking about people who have been senior professionals in their particular field for a considerable number of years; I do not want to specify the exact number. That is the point of directions, which will have the force of law. These issues are being, and will be, agreed with stakeholders, including the Royal College of Psychiatrists.