Clause 30 - Research
Mental Capacity Bill
4:00 pm
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North and Fleetwood, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman is making an interesting presentation, but the best interests test is deliberately not phrased as the ''best personal interests''. We have had much debate about that. I want to throw a suggestion into the pot. The hon. Gentleman gave an example of an Alzheimer's sufferer. If the research was wide-ranging research, examining the causes of mental incapacity, does he consider that that could comply with the general best interests test, even though it might not be in the personal best interests of the individual because he is beyond that?