Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for the provisions of the Mental Capacity (Amendments) Bill of the forthcoming final report of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act.

The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 will report before the end of the year. The Review will make recommendations to Government for how the Act may be improved, including considering aspects concerning the interface with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The Government will consider its findings and respond in due course.

The Government is committed to the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, and to introducing Liberty Protection Safeguards that will ensure that vulnerable people are receiving the protections they need.