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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
MENTAL HEALTH BILL (21 October 2002)

Motion Details

That this House expresses grave disquiet at the curtailment of liberty involved in proposals in the Government's draft Mental Health Bill, which would permit the detention of individuals who had not committed a criminal offence, nor were suffering from a mental disorder requiring therapeutic treatment, further considers that the wide extension of powers of compulsion to patients in the community will impose unfair burdens on staff, damage relationships between patients and clinicians and dissuade patients from seeking help; congratulates the Mental Health Alliance on their campaign against the draft Bill; and calls on the Government to withdraw it and come forward with a Bill that meet the need for modern procedures, whilst recognising the right of users of mental health services to prompt assessment and dignified treatment, which is the least restrictive and invasive that is appropriate and necessary.

Sponsored by:
Sir Liam Fox (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
46
78%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
5
8%
 
 
Independent
3
5%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
5%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
2%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (59 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Mr John Baron
Con
Lord Blencathra
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Con
Sir Simon Burns
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Con
Sir Liam Fox (Sponsor)
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Grayling
Con
Mr John Greenway
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Charles Hendry
Con
Mr Mark Hoban
LD
Paul Holmes
LD
Simon Hughes
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Con
Robert Key
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Lord Lansley
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Con
Lord McLoughlin
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Mr George Osborne
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Mr David Ruffley
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Con
Andrew Selous
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Lord Swire
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
PC
Hywel Williams
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton

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