Mental Health: Beds — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:37 pm on 29 July 2014.

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Photo of Lord Laming Lord Laming Convenor of the Crossbench Peers 2:37, 29 July 2014

Does the Minister accept that depriving a citizen of their liberty is one of the most serious matters that can be undertaken in our society and that it should be done only for very sound reasons, certainly not because of the absence of provision for their needs? When the Minister kindly replied to a Question for Written Answer from me earlier in the year, he said:

“Local areas are expected to … deliver their own ‘Mental Health Crisis Declaration’”.—[ Official Report , 18/6/14; col. WA70.]

Can he tell the House how many local areas have signed up to a declaration, and more particularly, how many have failed to do so?