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59: After Clause 51, insert the following new Clause— “Funding and reporting(1) For each financial year until all sections of this Act have come into force, of the total health service expenditure by the bodies (taken together) in subsection (2), the proportion which relates to mental health spending—(a) under the Mental Health Act 1983, and(b) under this Act or which, in future, would be made under provision inserted into the Mental Health Act 1983 by this Act,(taken together) must not decrease.(2) The bodies are the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and integrated care boards.” Member's explanatory statement This amendment seeks to ensure that, within whatever overall health service funding is set by Government, the share spent on mental health in England does not fall while the Act is being implemented.