Mental Health Bill [Lords]

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 5:09 pm on 16 April 2007.

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Photo of Ann Coffey Ann Coffey PPS (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Department of Trade and Industry 5:09, 16 April 2007

My right hon. Friend will be aware that concern has been expressed by approved social workers about the way in which resources are managed locally and that compulsory admission can be a fraught affair. Will she consider ways of addressing such concerns and improving local arrangements?