Clause 43
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
Public Bill Committees, 15 May 2007, 11:45 am
Angela Browning (Deputy Chairman (Organising and Campaigning), Conservative Party; Tiverton & Honiton, Conservative)
In evidence, the Committee received several reports flagging up the use of police cells, particularly for younger people. We debated earlier in Committee appropriate placements for young people, particularly adolescents, especially those between 16 and 18. More often than not, because there is no appropriate hospital placement for them, they end up being accommodated in police cells, for fairly long periods, which is quite inappropriate.