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Finally, I turn to Amendment 61. I was interested to hear that the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, was inspired by the Secretary of State’s comments to bring forward this amendment. As she rightly said, the Secretary of State has set out previously that he believes that there is an issue with overdiagnosis of some mental health problems. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, for her helpful intervention to shine more light on the discussion that was had. There is no doubt that too many people in this country are being written off and not getting the support that they need, which is why the Government’s shift from sickness to prevention is so important. We know that, if support can be provided to people much earlier, the onset of mental illness and deterioration of mental health can be prevented. That is why, as one of a number of measures, we are rolling out mental health support teams to schools in England.