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Mental Health Act 1983

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 68461, tabled on 2 July 2020

Question

Rachel Hopkins
Labour
Luton South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the White Paper on reforming the Mental Health Act 1983.

Answer

Ms Nadine Dorries
Conservative
Mid Bedfordshire
Commons

Answered on

14 July 2020

We have committed to publishing a White Paper which will set out the Government’s response to Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and pave the way for reform of the Act. We will publish our White Paper as soon as it is possible to do so. We will consult publicly on our proposals and will bring forward a Bill to amend the Act when parliamentary time allows.

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