Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Wednesday, 10 January 2007, in the House of Lords.

Mental Health Bill [HL]

Mental Health Bill (HL). Lords Committee stage second day. Clause 4 under consideration. Part 1 of 3 records.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 688 c228-51
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department of Health
Legislative stage: Committee stage
Procedure: Government defeats; New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Mental Health Bill (HL) . Explanatory Notes also published (HL Bill 1-EN )
Thursday, 16 November 2006
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Proceeding contributions: Baroness Barker | 688 c248-9 (Link to this contribution) I accept that that is what the noble Lord believes but we are none the less dealing with the legisla...; Lord Grocott | 688 c251 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume. Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.; Baroness Barker | 688 c248 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to accept the noble Lord’s position but he must agree with his colleague in another place...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c248 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the Committee for bobbing up and down, but I must be clear. Of course, I do not disag...; Baroness Barker | 688 c247-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank all Members of the Committee who participated in this illuminating debate. I ask the noble B...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c248 (Link to this contribution) No doubt we shall read in Hansard whether I said what I thought I did, but I thought I said that we ...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c247 (Link to this contribution) I was a Whip during the passage of the relevant Scottish Bill. I believe that Scottish and Welsh dev...; Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 688 c246-7 (Link to this contribution) I have a question for the Minister, following what has been said about the comparison between the Sc...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c246 (Link to this contribution) In the context of this amendment, we are talking about a situation where if the test the noble Earl ...; Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 688 c247 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister not continue to use the extraordinary argument that this is a glory of devolution?...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c247 (Link to this contribution) Inspiration has confirmed what I suspected, but I will set this out in detail and write to the noble...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c243-5 (Link to this contribution) This has been a good debate. I detected signs of consensus among other noble Lords, but I am afraid ...; Earl Howe | 688 c245-6 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may invite the Minister to consider this example. Why should a person with mental health p...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c246 (Link to this contribution) Noble Lords could put forward any number of hypothetical cases, but within the context of mental hea...; Earl Howe | 688 c246 (Link to this contribution) In that case, I wonder whether we could get back to the point ably made by the noble Lord, Lord Owen...; Lord Alderdice | 688 c240-3 (Link to this contribution) One of the many aspects of my good fortune in being married to my wife is that she is also a doctor....; Lord Walton of Detchant | 688 c237-8 (Link to this contribution) I shall be relatively brief, as I was on Monday, but I approach this important amendment from the st...; Baroness Murphy | 688 c234-7 (Link to this contribution) First, the noble Lord, Lord Rix, sends his apologies to the Committee. He is quite unwell and has go...; Earl Howe | 688 c232-4 (Link to this contribution) With this amendment we have reached a watershed issue. The challenge to the Government is straightfo...; Baroness Barker | 688 c228-32 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6: 6: After Clause 3 , insert the following new Clause— ““Impaired decision ma...; Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham | 688 c240 (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches are not just mere academic observers of legislation such as this. We care for pa...; Lord Owen | 688 c238-40 (Link to this contribution) I support the proposed new clause but do not want to reiterate too many of the arguments that have b...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 688 c228 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Mov...
Subjects: Consent to medical treatment Diagnosis Mental illness Medical treatments Patients' rights Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Psychiatric hospitals Scotland Testing
Legislation: Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Mental Health Bill [HL]

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