Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on amending the Mental Health Act 1983.

No discussions have taken place between the Department and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on amending the Mental Health Act 1983.

We plan to publish our White Paper in the next few months, which will set out the Government’s response to Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act. Following the White Paper, there will be an opportunity for interested parties to feed in their views on the proposals.

A Bill to amend the Act will be introduced in due course.