Mental Health Bill [HL]

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

The Government provide a delegated powers memorandum for all public (including hybrid) bills to justify the delegation of powers, usually to Ministers, in the bill. For reports of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, see “Select Committee Reports”.

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

Archive of press notices related to the Bill.

A collection of papers relevant to the bill

List of related Impact Assessments

These are documents prepared by the Government to show how a Bill would amend an Act or part of an Act. They consist of the relevant Act text with tracked changes indicating the amendments to be made by the Bill.

Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report