Clause 6
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
Public Bill Committees, 1 May 2007, 4:30 pm
Ann Winterton (Congleton, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are taking the following amendments: No. 60, in clause 11, page 7, line 10, at end insert—
‘(11) After that subsection, insert—
“( ) No person can act as a responsible clinician unless he is capable of providing objective medical expertise of mental disorder.
( ) Objective medical expertise of mental disorder shall have the same meaning as in Winterwerp v The Netherlands (1979-80) 2 EHRR 387.”’.
No. 61, in clause 13, page 8, line 45, at end insert—
‘( ) After that subsection, insert—
“( ) No person can act as a responsible clinician unless he is capable of providing objective medical expertise of mental disorder.
( ) Objective medical expertise of mental disorder shall have the same meaning as in Winterwerp v The Netherlands (1979-80) 2 EHRR 387.”’.
Government amendments Nos. 22, 24, 25 and 28.
It would be helpful if, at the start of Committee proceedings, everybody were to check their mobile phones and other devices and switch them off or turn them to silent.