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Mental Health Bill [Lords]

I hope to be able to deal with that question, because it relates to the points that the hon. Gentleman made about the availability of services. On whether there are clinicians who support the introduction of CTOs, the new mental health coalition, comprising Unison, Unite, the Royal College of Nursing, the College of Occupational Therapists, the British Psychological Society and the British Association of Occupational Therapists, which together represent 85 per cent. of mental health workers, acknowledges in its briefing that"““there are concerns surrounding the use of Community Treatment Orders, however we also believe that for a number of patients they can provide a real opportunity to be cared for at home. We welcome the Government’s amendment that CTOs should demonstrate a health benefit””." Those organisations represent 85 per cent. of health workers, as well as clinicians. The hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham may rest assured that I shall certainly apologise to Professor Swartz and the other clinicians who visited the House of Commons for his rather aggressive behaviour toward them. They had given up their time to come and talk to Members of this House and give their views on the Bill, and I felt that the hon. Gentleman dealt with them disgracefully.