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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 1st May 2007

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Mental Health Bill [Lords]


 

[Fifth and Sixth Sittings]


 

Clause 5.

 

Another Amendment (No. 17) proposed, in page 3, line 13, leave out from ‘is’ to end

 

of line 14 and insert ‘appropriate in his case, taking into account the nature and degree of

 

the mental disorder and all other circumstances of his case.”’.—(Ms Rosie Winterton).

 

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

 

Agreed to on division

 

Chris Bryant

 

Mrs Madeleine Moon

 

Ann Coffey

 

Not called  59

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  13,  leave out ‘likely’ and insert ‘intended’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to on division.

 


 

Ms Rosie Winterton

 

Not selected  18

 

Page  4,  line  1,  leave out Clause 6.

 

Clause disagreed to on division.

 

Clause 7 Agreed to.

 


 

Ms Rosie Winterton

 

Agreed to  19

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In the following provisions, for the words from “, having regard to” to the end

 

substitute “it is appropriate for the treatment to be given.”—


 
 

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Mental Health Bill[ [], continued

 
 

(a)    

section 57(2)(b) (certification of second opinion where treatment

 

requires consent and a second opinion), and

 

(b)    

section 58(3)(b) (certification of second opinion where treatment

 

requires consent or a second opinion).’.

 

Ms Rosie Winterton

 

Agreed to  20

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  31,  leave out from ‘is’ to end of line 32 and insert

 

‘appropriate in his case, taking into account the nature and degree of the mental disorder

 

from which he is suffering and all other circumstances of his case.”’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 9 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Kidney

 

Withdrawn  54

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  leave out line 16 and insert—

 

‘(h)    

assessment of risk,

 

(i)    

transparency’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

James Duddridge

 

Not called  41

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(i)    

the particular needs and impact of treatment on black and

 

minority ethnic patients.’.

 

Mrs Madeline Moon

 

Not called  66

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(i)    

the rights of victims’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

Not called  55

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  17,  leave out subsection (2C).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Mental Health Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

Negatived on division  60

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(11)    

After that subsection, insert—

 

“( )    

No person can act as a responsible clinician unless he is capable of

 

providing objective medical expertise of mental disorder.

 

( )    

Objective medical expertise of mental disorder shall have the same

 

meaning as in Winterwerp v The Netherlands (1979-80) 2 EHRR 387.”’.

 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

Not selected  56

 

Page  5,  line  26,  leave out Clause 11.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 12 Agreed to.

 


 

Tim Loughton

 

Angela Browning

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr Charles Walker

 

James Duddridge

 

Andrew Rosindell

 

Not called  61

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

After that subsection, insert—

 

“( )    

No person can act as a responsible clinician unless he is capable of

 

providing objective medical expertise of mental disorder.

 

( )    

Objective medical expertise of mental disorder shall have the same

 

meaning as in Winterwerp v The Netherlands (1979-80) 2 EHRR 387.”’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned till Tuesday next at 10.30 a.m.


 
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