DEATH AND INJURIES DURING RESTRAINT AND CONTROL PROCESSES

Early day motion 401, tabled 8 March 1999 by Ian Gibson (Labour). Signed by 4 members.

That this House notes with regret the death of David Bennett, a 38 year-old Afro-Caribbean man, who died on 31st October 1998 at the Norvic Clinic, Norwich, after the use of control and restraint techniques; welcomes the Home Secretary's extension of the Race Relations Act to cover all public services; believes that the existence and prevalence of racism in the mental health service needs examining, especially in relation to deaths following the use of control and restraint techniques; and calls on the Government to establish an inquiry to look into this.

Signatures by party: Labour 3, Labour/Co-operative 1.