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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 April 2025

Debate

Mental Health Bill [HL]

Contribution

Clause 30, page 41, line 24, at end insert— “(c) in paragraph (e), for “six months” substitute “three months”.”Member's explanatory statement This amendment is consequential on clause 29(2) of the Bill and changes the period within which an application to the tribunal may be made where a patient is transferred from guardianship to a hospital to align that period with the initial detention period in relation to the patient.

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