Clause 4
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
9:25 am
Tim Boswell (Daventry, Conservative)
The Minister is at least starting to explain very clearly the differences in the Committee. Would she not agree that the principles of autonomy and least interference that she set out are a good starting point and that any derogation from them—and there are many cases of that within the existing mental health legislation—should be precisely argued for and well justified? That should happen before any Member of the House even contemplates departing from them.