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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 14 January 2025
Debate
Mental Health Bill [HL]Contribution
While I welcome the removal from the Mental Health Act 1983 of the presumption of mental illness in people with autism and learning difficulties, there is concern that once it is removed the Mental Capacity Act will be used more frequently with all the implications that I have just read out because nothing has changed the DoLS based on the Mental Capacity Act as we understand it today.
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