Clause 3
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
4:45 pm
Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West, Labour)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Lady Winterton.
Does the Minister not agree that all the things listed by the hon. Member for Daventry are examples of abuse of psychiatry and mental health legislation? I understand exactly why the hon. Gentleman is making these points, but if such things happened in this country, we should have sufficiently well regulated medical and psychiatric professions to ensure that they stop. I agree with the Minister that it is much better not to have all these things outlined individually; for a start, we do not want to put ideas into people’s heads.