Member

On the amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady May, whose intention is to ensure better interagency response and remove the need for the presence of the police at mental health incidents in the absence of any risk, we feel that Section 135 already represents positive interagency working, with police supporting health professionals to gain access to a property when there is cause to suspect that a person suffering from a mental disorder is, for example, being ill-treated or neglected and when access to the property has been denied. Of course, if health professionals can gain access with the permission of the patient, there is no need to involve the police.