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Proceeding contribution from Lord Lansley (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 April 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Mental Health Bill [HL].


Mental Health Bill [Lords]

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for making that point, but I was about to come on to that issue, because patient compliance is indeed precisely what it is all about. I will come to that point in a minute, and I promise that I will answer it, but we all need to ask what factors matter most, and how we can best achieve them. The way in which the Ministers represent their case—the Minister of State, Department of Health, the right hon. Member for Doncaster, Central (Ms Winterton) has done it repeatedly—is to say that there are 1,300 suicides and 50 homicides a year, and those, by implication, would be prevented by their proposals.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
459 c64 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Admissions Appeals Consent to medical treatment Crimes of violence Community care Autism Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Advocacy Women Human rights Homicide Discrimination Ethnic groups Mental illness NHS Medical treatments Nurses Patients' rights Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Mental Health Review Tribunal Scotland Young people Wales Research Suicide Community treatment orders
Legislation
Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk