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Better Mental Health Act Campaign

EDM number 1575 in 2005-06, proposed by Lynne Jones on 06/02/2006.

That this House regrets the Government's decision to reject many of the pre-legislative scrutiny committee's recommendations on the 2004 draft Mental Health Bill; believes that unless the measures proposed in the draft Bill are significantly altered as proposed by the committee, the resultant new Mental Health Act will seriously restrict the rights, choices and wellbeing of people with mental distress and force too many people into compulsory treatment; calls for a new Bill that ensures that powers to treat people compulsorily are only used when there is a definite therapeutic benefit and that compulsion is only used when a person's ability to make a decision about accepting treatment is significantly impaired as a result of mental disorder; supports the committee's view that compulsory treatment in the community is appropriate in only a relatively small number of cases whose clinical characteristics should be clearly defined; further believes that people must have access to voluntary care and treatment when they need it in order to achieve the Government's declared aim of minimising the risk of people with a mental health problem deteriorating to the point where the need for consideration of compulsory treatment arises; calls on the Government to provide evidence for its assertion, in its response to the committee, that the general public does not share the committee's belief that the Bill is inappropriately concerned with public safety; and supports the Mental Health Alliance's campaign for a better Mental Health Act.

This motion has been signed by a total of 140 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones06/02/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
Angela Browning06/02/2006Tiverton and HonitonConservativeSeconded
Sandra Gidley06/02/2006RomseyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Gwyn Prosser06/02/2006DoverLabourSeconded
Madeleine Moon06/02/2006BridgendLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley07/02/2006Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink07/02/2006Castle PointConservativeSigned
Paul Holmes07/02/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle07/02/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Tim Loughton07/02/2006East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Alan Meale07/02/2006MansfieldLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell07/02/2006East LondonderryDUPSigned
Martin Caton07/02/2006GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn07/02/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer07/02/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew07/02/2006StroudLabourSigned
Hywel Francis07/02/2006AberavonLabourSigned
Andrew George07/02/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Baldry07/02/2006BanburyConservativeSigned
David Taylor07/02/2006North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Danny Alexander07/02/2006Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech07/02/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan08/02/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice08/02/2006PendleLabourSigned
Iris Robinson08/02/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
Adrian Sanders08/02/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson08/02/2006Upper BannDUPSigned
Glenda Jackson08/02/2006Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty08/02/2006Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell08/02/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Colin Breed08/02/2006South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell08/02/2006Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Mark Durkan08/02/2006FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Ian Gibson08/02/2006Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing08/02/2006Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
David Wilshire08/02/2006SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Julia Goldsworthy08/02/2006Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh09/02/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Lloyd09/02/2006Manchester CentralLabourSigned
William McCrea09/02/2006South AntrimDUPSigned
Annette Brooke09/02/2006Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn09/02/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
Diane Abbott09/02/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Stephen Williams09/02/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes13/02/2006Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Eric Illsley13/02/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins13/02/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch13/02/2006HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Patrick Mercer13/02/2006NewarkConservativeSigned
Tom Brake13/02/2006Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Conway13/02/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock13/02/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams13/02/2006ConwyLabourSigned
David Anderson13/02/2006BlaydonLabourSigned
Michael Penning13/02/2006Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Paul Rowen13/02/2006RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter13/02/2006CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell14/02/2006ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh14/02/2006Bradford WestLabourSigned
Harry Cohen14/02/2006Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Bill Etherington14/02/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mark Fisher14/02/2006Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard14/02/2006WalthamstowLabourSigned
Hywel Williams14/02/2006CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Lynne Featherstone14/02/2006Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
David Jones14/02/2006Clwyd WestConservativeSigned
Clare Short15/02/2006Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Evan Harris15/02/2006Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis15/02/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Roger Williams15/02/2006Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams15/02/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lidington16/02/2006AylesburyConservativeSigned
Jim Cunningham16/02/2006Coventry SouthLabourSigned
David Davies16/02/2006MonmouthConservativeSigned
Jim Dobbin16/02/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
James Duddridge16/02/2006Rochford and Southend EastConservativeSigned
Stephen Hammond16/02/2006WimbledonConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson27/02/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle27/02/2006Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell27/02/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Clelland27/02/2006Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Michael Ancram27/02/2006DevizesConservativeSigned
Richard Taylor27/02/2006Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Desmond Turner27/02/2006Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Phil Willis27/02/2006Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Winnick27/02/2006Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Ann Winterton27/02/2006CongletonConservativeSigned
Mike Wood27/02/2006Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross27/02/2006TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Benyon27/02/2006NewburyConservativeSigned
Lorely Burt27/02/2006SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron27/02/2006Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland27/02/2006Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Selous28/02/2006South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Robert Key28/02/2006SalisburyConservativeSigned
Doug Naysmith28/02/2006Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Jeremy Wright01/03/2006Rugby and KenilworthConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara02/03/2006Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon06/03/2006Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Bernard Jenkin06/03/2006North EssexConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate06/03/2006DartfordLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott07/03/2006Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Lansley08/03/2006South CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Mark Oaten08/03/2006WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow08/03/2006Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Vaz08/03/2006Leicester EastLabourSigned
Steve Webb08/03/2006NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath09/03/2006Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Dominic Grieve09/03/2006BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames10/03/2006Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Philip Davies10/03/2006ShipleyConservativeSigned
Jo Swinson13/03/2006East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Oliver Heald14/03/2006North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Alistair Burt14/03/2006North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Norman Baker14/03/2006LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Soulsby14/03/2006Leicester SouthLabourSigned
David Tredinnick15/03/2006BosworthConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson15/03/2006EastbourneConservativeSigned
Michael Mates16/03/2006East HampshireConservativeSigned
Joan Walley16/03/2006Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
David Maclean21/03/2006Penrith and The BorderConservativeSigned
David Chaytor21/03/2006Bury NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/03/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Si21/03/2006Swansea EastLabourSigned
John Horam22/03/2006OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Norman Lamb22/03/2006North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling23/03/2006Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Simon Hughes27/03/2006North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Amess27/03/2006Southend WestConservativeSigned
Maria Miller27/03/2006BasingstokeConservativeSigned
Peter Luff28/03/2006Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Michael Jabez Foster28/03/2006Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Charles Walker30/03/2006BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon20/04/2006North DownUUPSigned
Mohammad Sarwar02/05/2006Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
John Barrett15/05/2006Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather23/05/2006Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer23/05/2006Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cousins20/06/2006Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Don Foster09/10/2006BathLiberal DemocratSigned

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