Clause 36
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Tim Loughton (Shadow Minister (Children), Health; East Worthing and Shoreham, Conservative)
That was short and sweet, but we appear to have made some progress. Perhaps we should keep all our amendments as short as that and we might get rather further than we have done in the rest of the Bill.
I am grateful to the Minister for saying that she sympathises with the intention and that her support is conditional upon further investigation into the financial and operational implications. We do not think that many children are involved, but it is difficult to tell because the figures are not collected. Potentially, we are not talking about a big cost implication at all, if any. If it can be achieved operationally, then I am happy to withdraw the amendment on the basis that she will come back, having considered it, and perhaps give us good news on Report. Therefore, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.