To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that NHS mental health providers comply with statutory duties relating to (a) section 117 aftercare, (b) Nearest Relative rights under the Mental Health Act 1983 and (c) informing eligible patients of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that NHS mental health providers comply with statutory duties relating to (a) section 117 aftercare, (b) Nearest Relative rights under the Mental Health Act 1983 and (c) informing eligible patients of...

Clause 59, discussed with amendments, schedule 8, clauses 60 and 61 stand part, and new clause 42. Clause 59 agreed to on division (10 votes to 6). Amendment to schedule 8 negatived on division (4 votes to 10). Schedule 8 agreed to. Clauses 60 and 61 agreed to on division (10 votes to 4 respectively). Clauses 62 and 63 agreed to. Clause 64, discussed with schedule 9, new clauses 74 and 78. Clause 64 agreed to on division (10 votes to 6). Schedule 9 agreed to. Clause 65, discussed with schedule 10, agreed to on division (9 votes to 6). Schedule 10 agreed to. Clauses 66 and 67 agreed to. Schedule 11 agreed to, as amended. Government new clauses 20 to 23 agreed to. Government new clause 91, discussed with Government new clauses 92 to 95, Government amendments, and new clauses 67 and 68. Government new clauses 91 to 95 agreed to. New clause 1, discussed with new clause 13, debated and withdrawn. New clause 3, discussed with new clauses 4, 5, 9, 10 and 43. New clause 3 debated and withdrawn. New clause 4 negatived on division (2 votes to 8). New clause 5 negatived on division (2 votes to 8). Committee adjourned till 9 July. Written evidence reported to the House.

Clause 59, discussed with amendments, schedule 8, clauses 60 and 61 stand part, and new clause 42. Clause 59 agreed to on division (10 votes to 6). Amendment to schedule 8 negatived on division (4 votes to 10). Schedule 8 agreed to. Clauses 60 and 61 agreed to on division...

Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee. New clause 2, discussed with new clauses 3 to 37, amendments, and Government amendments. New clause 2 debated and withdrawn. New clause 26 negatived on division (78 votes to 327). Amendment to clause 21 negatived on division (163 votes to 339). Government amendments made to clause 51 and schedule 2. Amendment to schedule 2 negatived on division (164 votes to 333). Third reading agreed to on question. Bill passed, with amendments.

Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee. New clause 2, discussed with new clauses 3 to 37, amendments, and Government amendments. New clause 2 debated and withdrawn. New clause 26 negatived on division (78 votes to 327). Amendment to clause 21 negatived on division (163 votes...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

I am honoured to open today’s debate on Report and to have served in Committee, where it was clear that Members on both sides of the House shared a commitment to high-quality mental health care for those in crisis. I thank my colleagues who also served in Committee; it was...

I am honoured to open today’s debate on Report and to have served in Committee, where it was clear that Members on both sides of the House shared a commitment to high-quality mental health care for those in crisis. I thank my colleagues who also served in Committee; it was...

Many Sunderland families, including mine, share stories of Cherry Knowle, the Sunderland borough asylum in my constituency, which opened in 1895. Severe mental illness has always been a feature of society. Thankfully, the legislative framework and services have developed somewhat since 1895, but arguably they have not developed fast enough,...

Many Sunderland families, including mine, share stories of Cherry Knowle, the Sunderland borough asylum in my constituency, which opened in 1895. Severe mental illness has always been a feature of society. Thankfully, the legislative framework and services have developed somewhat since 1895, but arguably they have not developed fast enough,...

Similarly, a community service called Mental Health Together has been introduced in my area. Does my hon. Friend agree that the whole mental health system is so complex, with different practices in different parts of the country, and that not having continuity and a standard across the country is a...

Similarly, a community service called Mental Health Together has been introduced in my area. Does my hon. Friend agree that the whole mental health system is so complex, with different practices in different parts of the country, and that not having continuity and a standard across the country is a...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right and I thank him for his intervention. Part of the issue around poorly reported waiting times is that it is less easy to see that differential access than it would perhaps be in physical health services. Indeed, over the years when specialist teams have...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right and I thank him for his intervention. Part of the issue around poorly reported waiting times is that it is less easy to see that differential access than it would perhaps be in physical health services. Indeed, over the years when specialist teams have...

When we last debated the Bill on Second Reading, I said that protecting someone’s freedom for their own safety is not a licence to own their life, but a duty to help them find it again. That principle still guides us today, because good intentions alone do not mend a...

When we last debated the Bill on Second Reading, I said that protecting someone’s freedom for their own safety is not a licence to own their life, but a duty to help them find it again. That principle still guides us today, because good intentions alone do not mend a...

It is a decrease in the proportion of the mental health investment standard for the first time in, I believe, nine years. It is incredibly concerning. It was hard-won, cross-party support that made that proportion go up over time. It was incremental, but it was starting to make a difference...

It is a decrease in the proportion of the mental health investment standard for the first time in, I believe, nine years. It is incredibly concerning. It was hard-won, cross-party support that made that proportion go up over time. It was incremental, but it was starting to make a difference...

The Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee is absolutely right. A simple answer from the Minister today, on Report, would go a long way to alleviating those fears from the mental health sector. I look forward to his response on that.

Amendment 40 would add a simple but important...

The Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee is absolutely right. A simple answer from the Minister today, on Report, would go a long way to alleviating those fears from the mental health sector. I look forward to his response on that.

Amendment 40 would add a simple but important...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. Constituents have come to me about patients with schizophrenia, for example, who had been released before their psychosis had fully passed, with one such instance tragically ending in the death of another resident. All of these situations could have been prevented if...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. Constituents have come to me about patients with schizophrenia, for example, who had been released before their psychosis had fully passed, with one such instance tragically ending in the death of another resident. All of these situations could have been prevented if...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that tragic case. Those are the kind of cases that this amendment seeks to deal with. We have only to look at the tragic cases of Nicola Edgington and Valdo Calocane to see how escalating risk happens, with huge consequences for the families,...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that tragic case. Those are the kind of cases that this amendment seeks to deal with. We have only to look at the tragic cases of Nicola Edgington and Valdo Calocane to see how escalating risk happens, with huge consequences for the families,...

That is another reason why I am shocked that the mental health budget is decreasing. I am seeing an increase across my constituency—and I am sure it is the same in many others—of girls in secondary school presenting with severe mental health issues, suicidal tendencies and eating disorders, and they...

That is another reason why I am shocked that the mental health budget is decreasing. I am seeing an increase across my constituency—and I am sure it is the same in many others—of girls in secondary school presenting with severe mental health issues, suicidal tendencies and eating disorders, and they...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that that support needs to be there. Fortunately, it is not the budget that is reducing but the proportion of funding, and it shows the priorities of this Government when it comes to mental health.

I am concerned that without new clause 29, a child...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that that support needs to be there. Fortunately, it is not the budget that is reducing but the proportion of funding, and it shows the priorities of this Government when it comes to mental health.

I am concerned that without new clause 29, a child...

I will speak to new clauses 28 and 36 and amendment 39, which I tabled not just as an MP but as a father. After what my family have been through, I believe that any parent would do the same.

Yesterday, alongside the right hon. Member for Salisbury (John Glen), I...

I will speak to new clauses 28 and 36 and amendment 39, which I tabled not just as an MP but as a father. After what my family have been through, I believe that any parent would do the same.

Yesterday, alongside the right hon. Member for Salisbury (John Glen), I...

I begin by thanking colleagues across the House who have worked so constructively on this long-awaited Bill. There has been a shared recognition that the current mental health system is failing too many people and that reform is urgently needed. I thank the Minister for engaging with us so constructively...

I begin by thanking colleagues across the House who have worked so constructively on this long-awaited Bill. There has been a shared recognition that the current mental health system is failing too many people and that reform is urgently needed. I thank the Minister for engaging with us so constructively...

We did not discuss this specifically in Committee, but I would be interested to know about the interaction between the independent mental health advocates, which are being expanded and which we all agreed with in Committee, and a new liaison service. I worry about the duplication. Will the hon. Member...

We did not discuss this specifically in Committee, but I would be interested to know about the interaction between the independent mental health advocates, which are being expanded and which we all agreed with in Committee, and a new liaison service. I worry about the duplication. Will the hon. Member...

That is a prescient point. At the moment, there is no responsibility to ensure that children in particular, and other carers too, are identified. Even if they are put in advance choice documents, if the person making those decisions does not identify them, that will not come about. We would...

That is a prescient point. At the moment, there is no responsibility to ensure that children in particular, and other carers too, are identified. Even if they are put in advance choice documents, if the person making those decisions does not identify them, that will not come about. We would...