I wonder if my noble friend Lord Rea will allow me to be his friendly neighbourhood psychiatrist. I must confess that whenever I am inundated by hundreds of briefing notes, a little bit of me feels that they must be wrong. There is a little corner of me that is...

I wonder if my noble friend Lord Rea will allow me to be his friendly neighbourhood psychiatrist. I must confess that whenever I am inundated by hundreds of briefing notes, a little bit of me feels that they must be wrong. There is a little corner of me that is...

It may be a technical point, but it is a very important one. If attending a rehabilitation programme is going to have a different meaning in the Bill, then that should be made very clear.

It may be a technical point, but it is a very important one. If attending a rehabilitation programme is going to have a different meaning in the Bill, then that should be made very clear.

I want to press the Minister on his previous remarks when he talked about medical treatment. There is a phrase in the Mental Health Act, and in other medical Acts, to the effect that medical treatment includes all treatment, habilitation and rehabilitation, and I am surprised that they appear to...

I want to press the Minister on his previous remarks when he talked about medical treatment. There is a phrase in the Mental Health Act, and in other medical Acts, to the effect that medical treatment includes all treatment, habilitation and rehabilitation, and I am surprised that they appear to...

What would be the difference if the compulsory testing and urine sample provisions were left out? Why would it make any difference to these proposals?

What would be the difference if the compulsory testing and urine sample provisions were left out? Why would it make any difference to these proposals?

If the noble Lord looks carefully at Schedule 3 he will find—I am not sure that I can find it immediately—that it is possible for the jobcentre to direct somebody to provide a urine sample if there is any suspicion that they are taking drugs and not turning up for...

If the noble Lord looks carefully at Schedule 3 he will find—I am not sure that I can find it immediately—that it is possible for the jobcentre to direct somebody to provide a urine sample if there is any suspicion that they are taking drugs and not turning up for...

Certainly requiring the attendance of an individual at a day centre, for example, comes under compulsory treatment.

Certainly requiring the attendance of an individual at a day centre, for example, comes under compulsory treatment.

I apologise to the Committee for my late arrival; I am swapping between Chambers today. I support the amendment. The wording of the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, really encompasses some of the core problems that we have been trying to address throughout the Bill, particularly on people with mental health...

I apologise to the Committee for my late arrival; I am swapping between Chambers today. I support the amendment. The wording of the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, really encompasses some of the core problems that we have been trying to address throughout the Bill, particularly on people with mental health...