Mental Capacity Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 10:00 pm on 1 February 2005.

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Photo of Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Alton of Liverpool Crossbench 10:00, 1 February 2005

In order to give the Committee some feel for the scale of the problem, can the Minister give some idea of the number of people who fall into the unbefriended or unsupported group, as it were? I refer to those people who are not in a position to receive the kind of support to which the noble Lord, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, referred earlier, who have loved ones and are supported by their families and friends. Does the Minister have any idea of the numbers involved? What data are there which might help us to have a better idea of how much we need by way of resources and what we need to do in shaping an amendment?