Clause 3
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
4:45 pm
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East, Conservative)
It is a pleasure to serve under you, Lady Winterton.
What consideration did the Minister give to excluding paedophilia and any other acts that would be encompassed, instead of entirely removing proposed paragraph (b) to section 1(3) to the 1983 Act? Alternatively, instead of considering sexual identity and orientation, homosexuality could be specifically mentioned so that it was exempt.