§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Mr. David Lammy)My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, has made the following written ministerial statement.
The draft code of practice that supports the Mental Capacity Bill has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The Mental Capacity Bill, when it is being considered at Commons Committee stage will be informed by having the draft code available. (We are not in parliamentary terms scrutinising the code itself). The code gives a greater level of detail on many of the Bill's provisions and demonstrates how we think those acting under the Bill will need to be guided when putting these provisions into practice.