Clause 3
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
5:30 pm
Rosie Winterton (Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health; Doncaster Central, Labour)
Again, somebody might have a fear of persecution because of their religious belief. Where that is accompanied by a mental disorder and that fear—what they think is happening to them—is the result of it, the challenge in the first place for our mental health services should be to try to help that person with their condition. That should be our approach where, as the hon. Gentleman is saying, as a result of a mental disorder such people have a fear of religious persecution.