Member

I assure your Lordships that driving reductions in inequality is a guiding principle behind the reforms in the Bill, which seeks universally to improve experiences for all people who find themselves subject to the Act. As the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, suggested, it feels unnecessary to include equity as a specific principle because it is already a requirement of the Equality Act 2010, which is the legal framework protecting people from discrimination to which all those carrying out functions under the Mental Health Act must already adhere.