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33: Clause 4, page 9, line 40, at end insert— “125FA Report: sufficient commissioning services for people with autism or learning disabilities(1) Within four months of the day on which the Mental Health Act 2025 is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a plan to allocate sufficient resources for commissioning services regarding the treatment and detention of autistic people and people with learning disabilities to ensure operability of provisions in this Act.(2) The plan must include—(a) revised assumptions of the number of autistic people and people with learning disabilities who may require detention under this Act;(b) the actions that the Secretary of State will take to ensure community services are available to meet demand after the 28-day detention period;(c) plans for data collection to support commissioning sufficient services;(d) plans to allocate appropriate resource to ensure operability of services, including, but not limited to, financial resource;(e) plans to ensure that responsible bodies and individuals receive the necessary training to carry out support, diagnostic, and treatment plans.”Member's explanatory statement This amendment requires the Secretary of State to present a plan within four months to ensure sufficient services, resources, data, and training are in place to support autistic people and those with learning disabilities under the Act.