HL Deb 02 November 1992 vol 539 cc112-3WA
Lord Mottistone

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Secretary of State for Health has received further suggestions from the Mental Health Act Commission for amendment to the code of practice issued under the Mental Health Act 1983; and when she expects to lay comprehensive amendments before Parliament.

Baroness Cumberlege

The proposals we have received from the commission for amending chapters of the code were circulated to interested bodies in April with an invitation to comment. We have received some 200 comments, for which we are very grateful. We expect to receive the commission's proposals for amending the remaining chapters shortly. We will be consulting on them in the same way and will be laying an amended version of the code when we have considered all the comments received.