Better Mental Health Act Campaign (EDM1575)

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.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lynne Jones	06/02/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Proposed
Angela Browning	06/02/2006	Tiverton and Honiton	Conservative	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	06/02/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Gwyn Prosser	06/02/2006	Dover	Labour	Seconded
Madeleine Moon	06/02/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	07/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	07/02/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/02/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	07/02/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	07/02/2006	East Worthing and Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	07/02/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	07/02/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	07/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/02/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	07/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	07/02/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	07/02/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	07/02/2006	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	07/02/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	07/02/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	07/02/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	08/02/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	08/02/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	08/02/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Adrian Sanders	08/02/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	08/02/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Glenda Jackson	08/02/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/02/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/02/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	08/02/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	08/02/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	08/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ian Gibson	08/02/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/02/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	08/02/2006	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	08/02/2006	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	09/02/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	09/02/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/02/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/02/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/02/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	09/02/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/02/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	13/02/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/02/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/02/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/02/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Mercer	13/02/2006	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	13/02/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	13/02/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	13/02/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	13/02/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	13/02/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	13/02/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/02/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	14/02/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/02/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/02/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	14/02/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	14/02/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	14/02/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	14/02/2006	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Jones	14/02/2006	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Clare Short	15/02/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	15/02/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/02/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	15/02/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	15/02/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lidington	16/02/2006	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	16/02/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Davies	16/02/2006	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/02/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
James Duddridge	16/02/2006	Rochford and Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hammond	16/02/2006	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	27/02/2006	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	27/02/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Clelland	27/02/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	27/02/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	27/02/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/02/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	27/02/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Winnick	27/02/2006	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	27/02/2006	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	27/02/2006	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	27/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Benyon	27/02/2006	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	27/02/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	27/02/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	27/02/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Selous	28/02/2006	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	28/02/2006	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	28/02/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Wright	01/03/2006	Rugby and Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	02/03/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	06/03/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	06/03/2006	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	06/03/2006	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	07/03/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Lansley	08/03/2006	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	08/03/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	08/03/2006	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	08/03/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	08/03/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	09/03/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dominic Grieve	09/03/2006	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	10/03/2006	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	10/03/2006	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oliver Heald	14/03/2006	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Burt	14/03/2006	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	14/03/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Soulsby	14/03/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
David Tredinnick	15/03/2006	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	15/03/2006	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	16/03/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Joan Walley	16/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
David Maclean	21/03/2006	Penrith and The Border	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	21/03/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/03/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Si	21/03/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	22/03/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	22/03/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	23/03/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	27/03/2006	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	27/03/2006	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Maria Miller	27/03/2006	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	28/03/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	28/03/2006	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Charles Walker	30/03/2006	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	20/04/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	02/05/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	23/05/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	23/05/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	20/06/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	09/10/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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