Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill — Training in Appropriate Use of Force — Role of the Police — 15 Jun 2018 at 13:45
The majority of MPs voted against requiring those providing NHS treatment to in-patients for mental disorders to be trained, in relation to the use of force, on "the roles, responsibilities and procedure in the event of police involvement".
MPs were considering the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill[1].
The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 11, page 4, line 18, at end insert—
- “(l) the roles, responsibilities and procedure in the event of police involvement,”.
The rejected amendment would have impacted Clause 5 of the Bill[2] which was titled: Training in appropriate use of force. The clause provided that: "The responsible person for each mental health unit must provide training for staff that relates to the use of force by staff who work in that unit." The amendment sought to add to the list of topics which that training must include.
A mental health unit was defined in Clause 1 of the Bill[3] as:
- a health service hospital, or part of a health service hospital, in England, the purpose of which is to provide treatment to in-patients for mental disorder,
or
- an independent hospital, or part of an independent hospital, in England—
- (i) the purpose of which is to provide treatment to in-patients for mental disorder, and
- (ii) where at least some of that treatment is provided, or is intended to be provided, for the purposes of the NHS.
No explanatory statement accompanied the rejected amendment.[4]
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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill
- [2] Clause 5 of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill as amended in committee. 30 April 2018
- [3] Clause 1 of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill as amended in committee. 30 April 2018
- [4] Page of amendment sheet containing the rejected amendment 11, Parliament.uk website, Dated: Revised 14 June 2018
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 35 (+2 tell) | 1 (+2 tell) | 0 | 12.7% |
Lab | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3.9% |
LDem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.7% |
Total: | 40 | 1 | 7 | 8.9% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | both |
Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | both |
Sandy Martin | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | both |
Fiona Onasanya | Peterborough | whilst Lab (front bench) | both |
Steve Reed | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | both |
Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab | both |
Alex Sobel | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | both |