PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Act 1983: Reform (1 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a White Paper on reforming the Mental Health Act 1983.
Asked by:
James Murray (Labour)
Asked by:
James Murray (Labour)
Answer
We have committed to publishing a White Paper which will set out the Government’s response to Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and pave the way for reform of the Act.
We will publish our White Paper as soon as it is possible to do so. We will consult publicly on our proposals and will bring forward a Bill to amend the Act when parliamentary time allows.
Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
16 June 2020
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