Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 Alert Sample


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Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 mentioned

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2 Apr 2025, 8:30 p.m. - House of Lords
"protection safeguards introduced in the mental capacity Amendment act 2019 to replace the deprivation of "
Baroness Tyler of Enfield (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Mental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)
144 speeches (31,099 words)
Committee stage: 6th sitting
Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) However, the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 introduced liberty protection safeguards as modernising - Link to Speech
2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) The Government introduced the LPS framework through the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019. - Link to Speech

Mental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)
164 speeches (27,119 words)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting
Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) hospitals and care homes.In response, the Conservative Government introduced LPS through the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act - Link to Speech

Mental Health Bill [HL]
68 speeches (14,843 words)
Report stage
Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: None Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 and the liberty protection safeguards introduced in the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Monday 19th May 2025
Report - 3rd Report - Legislative Scrutiny: Mental Health Bill

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Most obviously, the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 was passed after a Law Commission report concluded



Bill Documents
Jun. 19 2025
Written evidence submitted by Rethink Mental Illness: General submission on the Bill (MHB57a)
Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26
Written evidence

Found: · Liberty Protection Safeguards were introduced in the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 and

Jun. 10 2025
Written evidence submitted by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) (MHB02)
Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26
Written evidence

Found: proposed legislation and the mental capacity legislation (Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Capacity Amendment Act



Department Publications - Transparency
Friday 14th March 2025
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: Monitoring the Mental Health Act: 2023 to 2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: In 2019, the government passed the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act, which planned to replace the DoLS




Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Senedd Debates
6. Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: 'Together for Mental Health' Strategy and Next Steps
None speech (None words)
Tuesday 11th October 2022 - None