Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill — Training in Appropriate Use of Force — Awareness of Acute Behavioural Disturbance — 15 Jun 2018 at 13:45

Julian Knight MP, Solihull voted with the majority (Teller for the Noes).

The majority of MPs voted against requiring those providing NHS treatment to in-patients for mental disorders to be provided training, in relation to the use of force, covering "awareness of acute behavioural disturbance".

MPs were considering the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill[1].

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • Amendment 12, page 4, line 18, at end insert—
  • “(m) awareness of acute behavioural disturbance.

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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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.

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What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con36 (+2 tell) 1 (+2 tell)013.0%
Independent1 0016.7%
Lab8 023.9%
LDem2 0016.7%
Total:47 129.1%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)tellaye
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)tellaye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)aye
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)both
Steve ReedCroydon NorthLab (minister)both

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