17-03-2025 09:00 via communitycare.co.uk

An update on the Mental Health Bill’s passage through Parliament

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By Tim Spencer-Lane
The Mental Health Bill, which would amend the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA), has now passed through committee stage in the House of Lords after five days of debate.
This stage allows peers to scrutinise the detail of a bill, although by convention no votes are taken on tabled amendments.
Committee stage normally provides an important indicator of which issues peers are in
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