Mental Health Bill [HL] — Report (1st Day) — Amendment 7 — 31 Mar 2025 at 17:30
Moved by Lord Kamall
7: Clause 5, page 11, line 22, after “detained” insert “by a constable or other authorised person”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment and others in the name of Lord Kamall seek to introduce a new category of “authorised person” who can carry out detentions under the 1983 Act to offer better inter-agency response. The proposed amendments would remove the need for the presence of police at mental health incidents in the absence of any risk.
Ayes 223, Noes 157.
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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Con | 185 (+2 tell) | 0 | 63.0% |
| Crossbench | 17 | 13 | 17.6% |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 113 (+1 tell) | 63.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Non-affiliated | 6 | 3 | 18.0% |
| PC | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 218 | 130 | 44.4% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Carlile of Berriew | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Baroness D'Souza | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Hampton | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Hannay of Chiswick | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Baroness Hayman | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Jay of Ewelme | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Kakkar | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Loomba | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Mawson | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | Crossbench | no |
| Baroness Wheatcroft | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Austin of Dudley | Non-affiliated | no |
| Baroness Kennedy of Cradley | Non-affiliated (front bench) | no |
| Lord Walney | Non-affiliated | no |