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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
MENTAL HEALTH BILL (13 November 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; considers that the wide extension of powers of compulsion to patients in the community will impose unfair burdens on staff and 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 meets 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
49
82%
 
 
Independent
3
5%
 
 
Not Available
2
3%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
2
3%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
 
 
Speaker
1
2%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
2%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (60 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Con
Sir Tony Baldry
Con
Mr John Baron
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Lord Blencathra
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Sir Simon Burns
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
Derek Conway
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Lord Flight
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 Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Lord Horam
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Mr George Osborne
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
David Tredinnick
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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