Debate on bill on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, in the House of Commons, led by Stephen Kinnock. The answering member was Stuart Andrew.

Mental Health Bill [Lords]

Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee. New clause 2, discussed with new clauses 3 to 37, amendments, and Government amendments. New clause 2 debated and withdrawn. New clause 26 negatived on division (78 votes to 327). Amendment to clause 21 negatived on division (163 votes to 339). Government amendments made to clause 51 and schedule 2. Amendment to schedule 2 negatived on division (164 votes to 333). Third reading agreed to on question. Bill passed, with amendments.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 773 cc275-343
Session: 2024-26
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
Legislative stage: Third reading; Report stage
Procedure: New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Legislative Scrutiny: Mental Health Bill. Joint Committee on Human Rights third report
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
House of Lords; Mental Health Bill (HL) 2024-26. As amended in Committee
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Bills
House of Commons; Legislative scrutiny: Mental Health Bill. Government response. Joint Committee on Human Rights third special report
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Zöe Franklin | 773 c275 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.; Judith Cummins | 773 cc275-304 (Link to this contribution)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
New clause 3—Impact assessment: c...; Zöe Franklin | 773 cc304-5 (Link to this contribution)
I am honoured to open today’s debate on Report and to have served in Committee, where it was clea...; Lewis Atkinson | 773 cc306-7 (Link to this contribution)
Many Sunderland families, including mine, share stories of Cherry Knowle, the Sunderland borough ...; Sojan Joseph | 773 c307 (Link to this contribution)
Similarly, a community service called Mental Health Together has been introduced in my area. Does...; Lewis Atkinson | 773 c307 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right and I thank him for his intervention. Part of the issue around...; 773 c307 (Link to this contribution); Judith Cummins | 773 c307 (Link to this contribution)
Members will have noticed that many people are standing to speak and there is not a significant a...; Luke Evans | 773 cc307-8 (Link to this contribution)
When we last debated the Bill on Second Reading, I said that protecting someone’s freedom for the...; Layla Moran | 773 c309 (Link to this contribution)
It is a decrease in the proportion of the mental health investment standard for the first time in...; Luke Evans | 773 c309 (Link to this contribution)
The Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee is absolutely right. A simple answer from the M...; Joy Morrissey | 773 c309 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. Constituents have come to me about patients with sch...; Luke Evans | 773 cc309-310 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for raising that tragic case. Those are the kind of cases that this amendm...; Joy Morrissey | 773 c310 (Link to this contribution)
That is another reason why I am shocked that the mental health budget is decreasing. I am seeing ...; Luke Evans | 773 cc310-1 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right that that support needs to be there. Fortunately, it is not th...; Richard Quigley | 773 cc311-2 (Link to this contribution)
I will speak to new clauses 28 and 36 and amendment 39, which I tabled not just as an MP but as a...; Judith Cummins | 773 c312 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.; Danny Chambers | 773 c313 (Link to this contribution)
I begin by thanking colleagues across the House who have worked so constructively on this long-aw...; Luke Evans | 773 c313 (Link to this contribution)
We did not discuss this specifically in Committee, but I would be interested to know about the in...; Danny Chambers | 773 cc313-4 (Link to this contribution)
That is a prescient point. At the moment, there is no responsibility to ensure that children in p...; Abtisam Mohamed | 773 cc314-5 (Link to this contribution)
I will speak on new clause 35, which sets out the conditions under which community treatment orde...; John Glen | 773 cc315-6 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to support new clauses 29, 28 and 39. First, I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Isle of ...; Richard Baker | 773 cc316-7 (Link to this contribution)
The Bill addresses fundamental flaws in our current mental health legislation in relation to the ...; Nusrat Ghani | 773 c317 (Link to this contribution)
To squeeze in a few more Back Benchers, the speaking limit is now three minutes.; Layla Moran | 773 cc317-8 (Link to this contribution)
This is a long-overdue and very welcome Bill, but frankly it will not even touch the sides of wha...; Anna Dixon | 773 cc318-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am no expert on mental health law, but I do have decades of experience in the health and care s...; Gregory Stafford | 773 c319 (Link to this contribution)
As a member of the Bill Committee, I had the opportunity to closely examine the development and s...; Luke Evans | 773 c319 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The only protections that I can see in schedule 2 are an...; Gregory Stafford | 773 c320 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Both he and I made those points in Committee. I am surprised ...; Sojan Joseph | 773 cc320-1 (Link to this contribution)
I would like to speak in support of new clause 37, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Thurro...; Ian Sollom | 773 c321 (Link to this contribution)
I will speak to amendments 24 to 28 and 36 to 38 in my name, which address gaps in crisis provisi...; Steve Darling | 773 c321 (Link to this contribution)
On funding, the Devon partnership NHS trust looks after people with mental health challenges in t...; Ian Sollom | 773 c322 (Link to this contribution)
I agree that resources need to be put in place to support the many good measures in the Bill and ...; Josh Dean | 773 cc322-3 (Link to this contribution)
In the interest of time, I will turn straight to new clause 25, tabled in my name.
The Bill...; Iqbal Mohamed | 773 c323 (Link to this contribution)
This Bill gives us a real opportunity to modernise mental health care and make sure that patient ...; Nusrat Ghani | 773 c324 (Link to this contribution)
I call Jen Craft to make the final contribution. All those who have contributed to the debate sho...; Jen Craft | 773 c324 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker—I will be as brief as possible. I will speak to new cla...; Anna Dixon | 773 c324 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Jen Craft | 773 c324 (Link to this contribution)
I will not, because I am aware that I am almost out of time.
My new clause would ensure tha...; Stephen Kinnock | 773 c325 (Link to this contribution)
I thank everyone in the Chamber for their contributions to today’s debate. I will start by talkin...; Bayo Alaba | 773 c325 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Stephen Kinnock | 773 c325 (Link to this contribution)
I will, but I have got little time and a lot of amendments to address, so I will not take any fur...; Bayo Alaba | 773 c325 (Link to this contribution)
I had the privilege of meeting Helena and Christina, who shared with me the challenges they faced...; Stephen Kinnock | 773 cc325-6 (Link to this contribution)
I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. One of the core purposes of this Bill is to ensure that...; John Glen | 773 c326 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Stephen Kinnock | 773 c326 (Link to this contribution)
I will, but can the right hon. Gentleman please make his intervention very short?; John Glen | 773 c326 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister, and I am also grateful to him for what he said about my constituen...; Stephen Kinnock | 773 c326 (Link to this contribution)
The code of practice will be statutory. It is better to have these provisions in the code, becaus...; Alison Bennett | 773 c326 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Stephen Kinnock | 773 cc326-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am really struggling for time. I am sorry, but I cannot take any more interventions, because it...; Nusrat Ghani | 773 c327 (Link to this contribution)
Zöe Franklin, is it your pleasure that new clause 2 be withdrawn?; Zöe Franklin | 773 c327 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion.
Clause, by leave, withdrawn.; Nusrat Ghani | 773 c328 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Before I ask for the next decision, I remind colleagues in the Chamber that once the doors...; Stephen Kinnock | 773 cc336-341 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
Since the Mental Health Act 1983 w...; Nusrat Ghani | 773 cc341-2 (Link to this contribution)
I call the shadow Secretary of State.
6.47 pm; Stuart Andrew | 773 c342 (Link to this contribution)
I want first to recognise and thank everyone for the constructive debates we have heard here and ...; Nusrat Ghani | 773 c342 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
6.50 pm; Danny Chambers | 773 c343 (Link to this contribution)
The Liberal Democrats support the Bill, which makes mental health law much fairer and more compas...
Subjects: Staff Education Complaints Children Codes of practice Carers Annual reports Advisory services Autism Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Advocacy Doctors Equality Housing Finance Families Foster care Gender Drugs Health professions Ethnic groups Facilities Learning disability Hospital wards Electroconvulsive therapy Patients Protection Parents Public appointments Public bodies Pharmacy Mental health services Standards Risk assessment Reform Safety Eating disorders Waiting lists Training Young people Impact assessments Independent mental health advocates Community treatment orders LGBT+ people Integrated care boards Veterans
Legislation: Mental Health Act 1983; Children Act 1989; Mental Capacity Act 2005; Mental Health Bill (HL) 2024-26
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Mental Health Bill [Lords]

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