Part of Mental Health Bill [HL] - Committee (3rd Day) – in the House of Lords at 6:15 pm on 22 January 2025.
Lord Meston
Crossbench
6:15,
22 January 2025
I am tempted to say that I really do not know. That was a faster ball than I expected to receive. I think the answer is that the case law would be consistently applied, even as it stands now, but would undoubtedly be aided by a statutory test. Whether it would apply in cases such as that which the noble Lord just mentioned, I do not know. The purpose of the Amendment is to provide a test for decisions that have to be made consequential upon this legislation, not other situations.
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Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
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