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Norman Lamb

80

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  13,  at beginning insert “trauma-informed care, including”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment, together with Amendment 81, would ensure that training requirements for staff

include training on trauma-informed care.

Robert Courts

112

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  13,  leave out paragraph (g)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would leave out any specific requirement for training on impact of trauma on a

patient’s mental and physical health.

Norman Lamb

81

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  14,  at end insert “and the impact of the use of force on a

patient who may have experienced violence and abuse.”

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement for Amendment 80.

Philip Davies

51

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  15,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

52

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  16,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Sir Christopher Chope

99

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  18,  leave out “the principal”

Philip Davies

10

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  18,  leave out “or ethical”

Philip Davies

53

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  18,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

11

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  18,  at end insert—

“(l)    

the roles, responsibilities and procedure in the event of police

involvement,”

Philip Davies

12

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  18,  at end insert—

“(m)    

awareness of acute behavioural disturbance.”

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4

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  30,  leave out “meets the standards of” and insert “is of an

equivalent standard to”

Member’s explanatory statement

This is a small drafting change that clarifies that training does not need to be provided under

Clause 5 if training that was recently provided was of an equivalent standard to the training

provided under that Clause.

Philip Davies

13

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  31,  leave out subsections (5) and (6)

Robert Courts

113

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  31,  leave out “regular intervals” and insert “least annually”.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that staff receive refresher training at least annually.

Sir Christopher Chope

100

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  8,  at end insert—

“(7)    

Guidance under this Act shall be published no later than six months after this Act

is passed.”

Robert Courts

114

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  8,  at end insert —

“(7)    

Before publishing the guidance, or any revision that amounts to a substantial

change in the guidance, the Secretary of State must lay a copy of the guidance or

the revision, as the case may be, before Parliament.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that the guidance is laid before Parliament before it is issued.

Secretary Jeremy Hunt

That Clause 6 be transferred to the end of line 34 on page 7.

Sir Christopher Chope

101

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  11,  after “any” insert “significant”

Philip Davies

54

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  12,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

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Clause  7,  page  5,  line  13,  leave out subsections (2) and (3)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would improve transparency and accountability about the use of force by

ensuring consistency in the recording of all uses of force, not just those that are above a threshold

to be set in statutory guidance.

Sir Christopher Chope

102

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  13,  leave out subsection (2)

Philip Davies

55

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  13,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

14

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  13,  at end insert “or does not involve physical contact”

Sir Christopher Chope

103

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  14,  leave out subsection (3)

Philip Davies

56

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  14,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Sir Christopher Chope

104

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  17,  leave out subsection (4)

Philip Davies

57

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  20,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

58

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  21,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

59

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  22,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

60

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  23,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

61

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  25,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

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115

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  26,  leave out paragraph (f)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would remove the requirement to record a description of how force was used.

Philip Davies

62

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  26,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

63

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  28,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

64

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  31,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

15

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  33,  leave out paragraph (k)

Philip Davies

65

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  36,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

66

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  38,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

67

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  39,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

68

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  40,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

21

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  41,  at end insert—

“(q)    

the relevant characteristics of the staff involved (if known)”

Robert Courts

116

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  42,  leave out “3 years” and insert “12 months”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would reduce the retention period for a record of use of force from 3 years to 12

months.

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Philip Davies

16

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  43,  at end insert—

“(6A)    

Records must also be kept in the patient’s medical notes.”

Secretary Jeremy Hunt

5

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  5,  leave out “made by or under the Data Protection Act 1998”

and insert “of the data protection legislation”

Member’s explanatory statement

Amendments 5 and 6 are consequential on the Data Protection Act 2018.

Secretary Jeremy Hunt

6

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  6,  at end insert—

“( )    

In subsection (8) “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the

Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).”

Member’s explanatory statement

Amendments 5 and 6 are consequential on the Data Protection Act 2018.

Philip Davies

17

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  7,  leave out subsections (9) and (10)

Philip Davies

22

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  7,  leave out from “(5)(k)” to “mean” and insert “(5)(k) and

(q) the “relevant characteristics” in relation to a patient and member of staff”

Philip Davies

23

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  8,  leave out “the patient’s” and insert “their”

Philip Davies

24

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  9,  leave out “the patient has” and insert “they have”

Philip Davies

32

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  11,  leave out paragraph (c)

Philip Davies

25

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  11,  leave out “the patient’s” and insert “their”

Philip Davies

26

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  12,  leave out “the patient is” and insert “they are”

Philip Davies

33

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  13,  leave out paragraph (e)

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27

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  13,  leave out “the patient’s” and insert “their”

Philip Davies

34

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  14,  leave out paragraph (f)

Philip Davies

28

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  14,  leave out “the patient’s” and insert “their”

Philip Davies

29

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  15,  leave out “the patient’s” and insert “their”

Philip Davies

35

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  16,  leave out paragraph (h)

Philip Davies

30

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  16,  leave out “the patient’s” and insert “their”

Robert Courts

117

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  20,  after “each” insert “calendar”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that statistics on the use of force are published at the end of each

calendar year.

Philip Davies

69

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  21,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

70

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  22,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Philip Davies

31

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  26,   leave out “and (n)” and insert “(n) and (q)”

Philip Davies

71

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  33,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

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Robert Courts

118

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  35,  leave out “death of a patient as a result of the use of force”

and insert “use of force on a patient”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment clarifies that the Secretary of State may review findings that relate to a use of

force on a patient in mental health units that did not result in the death of the patient.

Philip Davies

72

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  35,  leave out “force” and insert “restraint”

Norman Lamb

82

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  39,  at end insert—

“(2A)    

The report published under subsection (2) must make reference to the annual

statistics published under section 8.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment, together with Amendments 83 to 85, would improve accountability and

transparency in the progress towards reducing the overall use of force.

Norman Lamb

83

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  39,  at end insert—

“(2B)    

The Secretary of State must make a statement to Parliament, as soon as

practicable following the publication of report under subsection (2).”

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement for Amendment 82.

Norman Lamb

84

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  41,  leave out “and”

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement for Amendment 82.

Norman Lamb

85

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  41,  at end insert “and the statement under subsection (2B).”

Member’s explanatory statement

See explanatory statement for Amendment 82.

Robert Courts

120

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  41,  at end insert—

“(3A)    

The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the report before Parliament.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would require the Secretary of State’s annual report to be laid before Parliament.