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Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Monday, 8 January 2007, in the House of Lords.

Mental Health Bill [HL]

Mental Health Bill (HL). Lords Committee stage first day. Clauses 1 to 3 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
688 c11-90 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department of Health
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 688 c82-3 (Link to this contribution) The background to these amendments has already been stated, but I briefly want to look at their impo...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 688 c83-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to noble Lords for tabling Amendments Nos. 4 and 5. My noble friend Lord Hunt mentione...
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Lord Alderdice | 688 c85 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may clarify what the Minister said, because I was really quite struck by it. It is not at ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 688 c85 (Link to this contribution) The key question is whether the person has a mental disorder and how the criteria for that mental di...
Baroness Masham of Ilton | 688 c80 (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 5. It would be wrong to prevent the treatment of someone suffering from alco...
Lord Alderdice | 688 c81-2 (Link to this contribution) It seems to me that this particular group brings us to the heart of some real difficulties in applyi...
Lord Alderdice | 688 c85 (Link to this contribution) That would be extremely helpful, because it seems to me that the Minister’s answer does not clarify ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 688 c85-8 (Link to this contribution) I shall certainly write to the noble Lord. I am not aware that it is suggested that the commission,...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 688 c88 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Murphy, in one of her fascinating contributions—she opens a world to me of ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 688 c88 (Link to this contribution) Of course we will consider the point of view that might be expressed by that group of people. But we...
Baroness Barker | 688 c70-1 (Link to this contribution) The Minister said at the beginning of his remarks that if the amendment in the name of the noble Lor...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c71 (Link to this contribution) I would prefer to write to the noble Baroness on some of the points that she raises. As a general po...
Earl Howe | 688 c68 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Rix, has once again spoken very powerfully on an issue in whichhe is an expert....
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c68-70 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Rix. I read his speech on Second Reading, and I understoo...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 688 c67-8 (Link to this contribution) I persuaded the noble Lord, Lord Rix, that he could escape from Wimbledon while his neighbours were ...
Lord Adebowale | 688 c79-80 (Link to this contribution) I speak to Amendment No. 5 in my name. The Bill rightly clarifies that dependence on alcohol or drug...
Baroness Barker | 688 c75-6 (Link to this contribution) As I was getting ready to talk about this amendment, I was taken back many years—more than I care to...
Baroness Murphy | 688 c76-9 (Link to this contribution) A subtext runs beneath many of the Government’s proposals. I say, ““Mind the gap””. In trying to cha...
Lord Rix | 688 c71-2 (Link to this contribution) Those were the New Year’s greetings that I expected, whether from the noble Lord, Lord Warner, or fr...
Earl Howe | 688 c72-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 4: 4: Clause 3, page 2, leave out lines 22 and 23 and insert— ““““(3) For the ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c11-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Moved acc...
Lord Adebowale | 688 c65-6 (Link to this contribution) I shall support the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Rix, by making two points and telling...
Lord Rix | 688 c61-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: Page 2, leave out lines 10 and 11 The noble Lord said: I must first declar...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 688 c61 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that reply, but I am going to have to think about it quite carefully to ens...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 688 c67 (Link to this contribution) I support this amendment. I remind the Committee of the wording of the recommendation from the Joint...
Baroness Murphy | 688 c66-7 (Link to this contribution) I want briefly to support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Rix. He has said it so eloquently th...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 688 c60 (Link to this contribution) If the Minister is inviting me to intervene again I certainly will. I hope that the Committee will n...
Earl Howe | 688 c56-7 (Link to this contribution) This is an extremely difficult issue. The Government’s position—if I do not misrepresent them—is tha...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 688 c53-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 2: 2: Clause 2, page 2, line 4, after ““disability”” insert ““or an autistic s...
Lord Addington | 688 c58 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness has brought forward what is, I hope, a probing amendment. The awful point is that...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 688 c57 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness,in moving this amendment, has done so comprehensively, and has given the views of...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 688 c60 (Link to this contribution) I am puzzled by something that the Minister said about the courts. Is he suggesting that there might...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c58-60 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for her Amendment No. 2. Section 1 of the 1983 Act as it stands fir...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c60 (Link to this contribution) I was seeking to suggest that there may be a gap. If there is an exclusion such as the one suggested...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 688 c50-1 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister is coming to his summing-up, I thought that this might be the right place to put a q...
Earl Howe | 688 c51-3 (Link to this contribution) This has been a debate of very high quality, one of the best that I have had the privilege of taking...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c51 (Link to this contribution) I do not agree with that. I was not arguing against the laudable aims in many of the paragraphs of t...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c45-50 (Link to this contribution) I thank noble Lords for their warm welcome, which is much appreciated. I pay tribute to my noble fri...
Lord Patel of Blackburn | 688 c45 (Link to this contribution) I want to make a very short statement. I was not planning to speak to this amendment, although I com...
Baroness Neuberger | 688 c40-5 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome back the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. He and I, like several others in this...
Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham | 688 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches support the amendment. I do not want to repeat all the arguments in favour of th...
Lord Soley | 688 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) I support the proposal of the noble Lord, Lord Warner, that the Government take this away, look at i...
Lord Walton of Detchant | 688 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome most warmly the return of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to the Front Bench. No one is m...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 688 c34-7 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for my absence from the first few minutes of this debate. It may assist the Committee if...
Lord Ramsbotham | 688 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) In expressing my strong support for this amendment I salute the tone and temper, as well as the quan...
Lord Alderdice | 688 c31-3 (Link to this contribution) I identify myself with the sincere and widespread welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heat...
Lord Winston | 688 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) I too offer my hearty congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, on taking his place back at the ...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 688 c30 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may briefly intervene before what I know will be a very important speech by the noble Lord...
Lord Bragg | 688 c25-7 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment in the context of a Government who have already done a great deal to allevia...
Lord Adebowale | 688 c22-5 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment. What strikes me is that, although the current Mental Health Act was never i...
Lord Warner | 688 c28-30 (Link to this contribution) I start by wishing my noble friend Lord Hunt well in his new job. I am sorry if my departure has cau...
Lord Williamson of Horton | 688 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment. I am among those of your Lordships who would like to welcome back the noble...
Baroness Murphy | 688 c18-20 (Link to this contribution) From these Benches, I welcome the Minister home to the health portfolio. I am sure that I speak in p...
Baroness Barker | 688 c15-8 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as an employee of Age Concern England. I also take the opportunity to welcome ...
Lord Rix | 688 c21-2 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend Lady Murphy mentioned rogues and vagabonds, which reminds me that today is the 30th ...
Earl of Onslow | 688 c20-1 (Link to this contribution) I do not normally speak on something like this, but I will for just one and a half seconds. When my ...
Earl Howe | 688 c12-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— ““Guiding Principles: ...
Lord Soley | 688 c88-9 (Link to this contribution) I understand the root of the concern, but let us touch briefly on the Soviet Union point. When those...
Earl Howe | 688 c89-90 (Link to this contribution) We have seriously overrun our time, and I am sure that noble Lords will thank me for being brief. Th...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c90 (Link to this contribution) I think this is an appropriate moment to break. I suggest that Committee stage does not begin again ...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c60-1 (Link to this contribution) I will see whether I can write to the noble Lord with a specific case, but the kind of situation tha...
Baroness Barker | 688 c64-5 (Link to this contribution) During my time in this Chamber I have learnt one thing—that the noble Lord, Lord Rix, is the worst a...
Subjects
Disability Children Codes of practice Alcoholic drinks Autism Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Diagnosis Drugs Ethics Discrimination Ethnic groups Learning disability Mental illness Prisoners Misuse Patients' rights Minority groups Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Scotland Sexuality Behaviour disorders
Legislation
Mental Health Act 1983
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
Draft Mental Health Bill (2004)
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