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Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 April 2025

Debate

Mental Health Bill [HL]

Contribution

My Lords, it has been a privilege to be involved in scrutinising and improving this vital Bill, for which we had waited so long. Our debates have been, rightly, exhaustive, and at times—again, quite rightly—passionate. I will make one general observation, which is a point that was made on a number of occasions throughout our deliberations. You get only one chance about every 15 years to reform and modernise mental health legislation, so it is really important to get it right and to include all the relevant issues before the ship sails. Some would like to have seen more fundamental fusion legislation between mental health and incapacity, but that was not on the table, so you work with what you have.

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