Clause 20 - Restrictions on deputies
Mental Capacity Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Paul Burstow (Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Health; Sutton and Cheam, Liberal Democrat)
Allowing me to intervene might allow the Minister to blow his nose, which might also be helpful.
I want to be clear about the Minister's argument against the amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Daventry with respect to how it would affect the power to prohibit a named person. Clearly, with regard to matters covered by clause 17, someone who has lasting power of attorney can take such decisions, so will the Minister explain a little further why it was not believed to be appropriate for a court to be able to give someone within its power as a deputy the right to be able to say that certain persons cannot have access?