New clause 21 - Application to the court for discharge
Mental Capacity Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Tim Boswell (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Daventry, Conservative)
Yes. If I may say so, the hon. Lady has illuminated the point very well. Central to this issue—I
should have added it to the list of good things in the Bill—is the built-in requirement for consultation; that would help. I will return to the subject in a moment, because we should not shy away from it, but even if we used the Bill and we thought that it was in a person's best interests for them to be voluntarily in some form of treatment—