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Draft Mental Health Bill

Inquiry

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The deadline for submissions was Friday 16 September 2022.

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Past events

Wednesday 23 November 2022
1:30pm Private
1:45pm Public
Draft Mental Health Bill - Oral evidence 23 November 2022
1:45pm
  • Professor Tim Kendall (National Clinical Director for Mental Health at NHS England)
  • Dr Roger Banks (National Clinical Director for Learning Disability and Autism at NHS England)
2:30pm
  • Maria Caulfield (Minister for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • David Nuttall (Deputy Director, Neurodiversity, Disability and Learning Disability at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Caroline Allnutt (Deputy Director, Mental Health Act, Serious Mental Illness and Offender Health at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Rt Hon. Damian Hinds (Minister of State at Ministry of Justice)
  • Anna Lacey (Deputy Director, Female Offenders and Offender Health Policy at Ministry of Justice)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 22 November 2022
3:15pm Private
3:45pm Public
Draft Mental Health Bill - Oral evidence 22 November 2022
3:45pm
  • Jemima Burnage (Deputy Director of Mental Health at Care Quality Commission (CQC))
  • Saffron Cordery (Interim CEO at NHS Providers)
  • Sean Duggan OBE (CEO at Mental Health Network of the NHS Confederation)
  • Peter Devlin (Co-Chair of Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Network at Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS))
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 16 November 2022
1:45pm Public
Draft Mental Health Bill - Oral evidence 16 November 2022
1:45pm
  • Robert Lewis (Vice Chair at AMHP (Approved Mental Health Professional) Leads Network)
  • Dr Gareth Owen (Special Advisor to the Royal College of Psychiatrists on Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law at Royal College of Psychiatrists)
  • Dr Ruth Allen (CEO at British Association of Social Workers)
  • Carol Webley-Brown (RCN Council Member and Registered Nurse at Royal College of Nursing)
3:15pm
  • Dr Camilla Parker KC (Hon) (Legal & Policy Consultant at Just Equality)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 15 November 2022
3:45pm Public
Draft Mental Health Bill - Oral evidence 15 November 2022
3:45pm
  • Kirsty Stuart (Chair of Law Society’s Mental Health and Disability Law Committee at Law Society)
  • Professor Judy Laing (Professor of Mental Health Law & Policy at University of Bristol)
  • Justin Leslie (Mental health lawyer and former parliamentary counsel)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

The Joint Committee has completed its work on the draft Bill. For questions specifically about the former Joint Committee, please email: draftbills@parliament.uk.

  • Email: draftbills@parliament.uk
  • Phone: (General Enquiries) 020 7219 8051/8387 / (Media Enquiries) peacocka@parliament.uk / 020 7219 6832
  • Address: Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA