DRAFT MENTAL INCAPACITY BILL(2)

Early day motion 305, tabled 16 December 2003 by Sir David Amess (Conservative). Signed by 52 members.

That this House notes that the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Incapacity Bill were not unanimous; further notes the concern of Baroness Knight of Collingtree, a member of the Joint Committee, about the use of mentally incapacitated patients in research and experimentation; regrets that her amendment prohibiting this was defeated; further regrets that, although the Joint Committee represented both Houses, she was not permitted to table a minority report; and calls on the Government to ensure that the Mental Incapacity Bill protects mentally incapacitated patients against being used for invasive research and experimentation.

Signatures by party: Conservative 22, Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 4, Labour/Co-operative 3, DUP 2, UUP 2, Independent Conservative 1, Independent Ulster Unionist 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.