Member

Simon Wessely, a former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has put it like this: we are pathologising normal human experience. Grief, worry and frustration are now all treated as medical conditions. The new statutory sick pay proposals run against all the scientific evidence—in which I declare I have been immersed for the last 10 years—and the sociological data from other countries that show that what is intended by the Bill will not be achieved by the way it is framed. I appeal to noble Lords on all Benches; if it is helpful, I will share the research and happily meet and talk with any Member of the Government Benches.