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Proceeding contribution from James Duddridge (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 June 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Mental Health Bill [Lords].

Mental Health Bill [Lords]

If the patient subsequently lost the ability to make a judgment, would doctors have to take their original decisions—made when they had full capacity—into account, even if they did not feel the decisions were in the patient’s best interests? Perhaps the Minister will clarify that point in her comments. In an intervention on my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) I mentioned the Disability Rights Commission, which strongly supports the new clause and believes that if it is not accepted the Bill will be ““highly discriminatory””. Has the Minister taken advice about the likelihood of legal challenges that the Bill is discriminatory?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
461 c1297 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disability Alcoholic drinks Community care Autism Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Dangerous psychiatric patients Culture Diagnosis Finance Homicide Drugs Discrimination Ethnic groups Mental illness Medical treatments Northern Ireland Mentally disordered offenders Police custody Mental capacity Misuse Patients' rights Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Prescriptions Paedophilia Scotland Religion Victims Sexuality Right of search Suicide Political doctrines Secure psychiatric units Community treatment orders Behaviour disorders
Legislation
Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk