Time To Change Campaign To End Mental Health Discrimination

EDM number 522 in 2008-09, proposed by Lynne Jones on 20/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Equality and Mental health.

That this House supports Time to Change, England's biggest and most ambitious campaign to end mental health discrimination; notes that one in four people will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime; further notes that nine out of 10 people with mental health problems have been discriminated against at home, work or in the community; acknowledges that the stigma surrounding mental health problems must be challenged at every level of society; encourages greater and more open discussions in Parliament of the ways in which mental illness has impacted on the lives of hon. Members, their families and friends; and calls on the Government to speak out publicly in support of the Time to Change initiative.

This motion has been signed by a total of 113 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.