MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION

Early day motion 361, tabled 9 December 2004 by Lynne Jones (Labour). Signed by 92 members.

That this House welcomes the Government's decision to subject the draft Mental Health Bill to pre-legislative scrutiny; hopes that the scrutiny process will lead to a much improved Mental Health Bill being presented to Parliament in due course; congratulates the Mental Health Alliance on its continuing work to help influence the Bill; and agrees with the Alliance that any future Mental Health Act must provide a legal right to assessment, care and treatment and that people who have a mental disorder should only be put under compulsion as a last resort and when they have lost the ability to make decisions for themselves.

Signatures by party: Labour 40, Liberal Democrat 23, Conservative 20, Labour/Co-operative 5, Plaid Cymru 2, DUP 1, Independent 1.