Amendment 48

Part of Mental Health Bill [HL] - Report (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 8:15 pm on 2 April 2025.

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Photo of Lord Kamall Lord Kamall Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) 8:15, 2 April 2025

I am sorry to interrupt. Just to go back to my amendment on the CQC, one of the arguments for those who believed in creating an independent mental health commissioner was that they would be a voice for the patients. With that strengthened role for the CQC, where is that voice for the patients? That was one of the justifications for those arguing for creating a mental health commissioner. We decided not to support that because we thought that function should be part of what the CQC does. Could the Minister reassure us on that point?