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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 14 January 2025

Debate

Mental Health Bill [HL]

Contribution

My final point is a very small technical one. In the final drafting of this Bill, as in the first subsection in Amendment 36, it says that these matters are relevant for autistic people and people with learning disabilities who are “liable to be detained”. Those words should not have been in there in case they confuse us. It is different from the language used elsewhere, which is “at risk of detention”; there is no technical thing hiding behind saying “liable to be detained”. There is no need for the Minister to respond on that point. This would be changed if this were to come back on Report.

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