Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received representations on the potential effect of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill on the liberty of people living with (a) dementia, (b) brain injuries and (c) learning difficulties.

Throughout the Bill’s passage through Parliament the Department has consulted with individuals as well as representative organisations for people with dementia, brain injuries and learning difficulties on the potential effect of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill. The Department has also made reference to the written evidence submitted to the Public Bill Committee.

The Bill will implement the Law Commission’s reform model, the Liberty Protection Safeguards. The Law Commission spent over three years developing the model during its review, which included wide consultation with a range of stakeholders in England and Wales.