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Lords division · 31 Mar 2025 · No. 2

Mental Health Bill [HL]

Lord Scriven moved amendment 11, in clause 6, page 12, line 40, at end insert—“(2A) In section 17B (conditions) after subsection (7) insert—“(8) The responsible clinician must ensure that community treatment orders align with the code of practice as set out in section 118(2B).(9) A community treatment order shall have a maximum duration of 12 months, subject to the following provisions—(a) the responsible clinician may extend the duration of a community treatment order beyond 12 months only after—(i) consulting the patient, the patient’s nominated persons, and any relevant mental health care professional involved in the patient’s treatment or care planning;(ii) undertaking a review process to evaluate the ongoing necessity and therapeutic benefit of the community treatment order;(iii) consulting a General Medical Council registered psychiatrist regarding the conditions of the community treatment order and obtaining their written agreement that an extension is necessary and in accordance with the principles set out in section 118(2B);(b) community treatment orders with a duration of less than 12 months are not subject to the review process set out in subsection (9)(a)(ii);(c) a tribunal may recommend that the responsible clinician consider whether to extend, vary, or terminate the duration and conditions of a community treatment order.(10) Where a community treatment order is extended beyond a period of 12 months, the order shall be subject to review at intervals not exceeding six months, in accordance with the procedure set out in subsection 9(a).(11) At the conclusion of the default period or any extended period, the responsible clinician must undertake a review to assess the effectiveness of the community treatment order in aligning with the code of practice stipulated in section 118(2B).””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 115

Contents: 272 Not Contents: 157

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 115 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 178
Liberal Democrat 54
Crossbench 22
Non-affiliated 10
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 145
Crossbench 8
Non-affiliated 4

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: Baroness Humphreys (Content), Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Content), Lord Moraes (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (270)

Not Contents (155)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.