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Draft Mental Health Bill

EDM (Early Day Motion) 251: tabled on 05 July 2022

Tabled in the 2022-23 session.

This motion has been signed by 15 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

View the motion on the Parliament site here

Please now contact your local MP.  Ask them to sign the EDM and then contact PTUK and Helen Clark, Director the the Child Mental Health Charter Campaign  to let them know. Helen Clark can be contacted direct on helenrclark@ntlworld.com

Motion Text:

That this House welcomes the publication of the Draft Mental Health Bill; applauds the aim to ensure appropriate care for people with serious mental illness within the criminal justice system, better meet the needs of people with a learning disability to include those with autistic spectrum condition, give people greater control over their treatment, especially those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are disproportionately detained under the provisions of the current Act and to provide funding to enable local communities to explore alternatives to hospital admission for people experiencing a mental health crisis; further understands that despite the Government’s public call for evidence to support the development of a new cross-Government 10-year plan for mental health, including supporting children and young people’s mental health, there are no current plans to bring forward specific legislative proposals to require early intervention and preventative measures to help address children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing issues at the first possible opportunity; and urges the Government to amend the Draft Mental Health Bill in accordance or give a commitment to introduce a stand-alone Bill to provide a Framework for the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People to include fully-funded early intervention and preventive strategies within schools and in the community.

MPs Who Have Signed So Far…

TL

Tony Lloyd

Labour

Rochdale
[Tabled the motion]

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Strangford
[Sponsor]

HW

Hywel Williams

Plaid Cymru

Arfon
[Sponsor]

Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru

Ceredigion
[Sponsor]

Liz Saville Roberts

Plaid Cymru

Dwyfor Meirionnydd
[Sponsor]

Caroline Lucas

Green Party

Brighton, Pavilion
[Sponsor]

KJ

Kim Johnson

Labour

Liverpool, Riverside
[Member]

Neale Hanvey

Alba Party

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
[Member]

JM

John McDonnell

Labour

Hayes and Harlington
[Member]

Emma Hardy

Labour

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
[Member]

Claudia Webbe

Independent

Leicester East
[Member]

Richard Burgon

Labour

Leeds East
[Member]

Rosie Cooper

Labour

West Lancashire
[Member]

Christine Jardine

Liberal Democrat

Edinburgh West
[Member]

Jeremy Corbyn

Independent

Islington North
[Member]