Department of Health and Parliamentary publications

Other library resources - Supporting Evidence

Amendment of the 1983 Mental Health Act

Ministerial statement on the announcement to abandon the draft Bill and amend current legislation, 23 March 2006

Government press release 23 March 2006

Government FAQs

Scrutiny of the 2004 Draft Mental Health Bill

Government’s Response to the Joint Committee report on the 2004 Draft Mental Health Bill July 2005

Joint Committee Report March 2005

Joint Committee Report Volume II March 2005 - oral and written submissions to the Committee

Joint Committee Report Volume III March 2005 - written submissions to the Committee

Joint Committee Report- Easy Read Version March 2005

Mental Health Bill needs radical overhaul - Press release from the Joint Committee on publication of the Report, 23 March 2005

Members of the Scrutiny Committee

2004 Draft Mental Health Bill

Draft Mental Health Bill 2004

Draft Mental Health Bill 2004 - Explanatory Notes

Draft Mental Health Bill 2004 - Easy Read Version

Improving Mental Health Law - Towards a New Mental Health Act - Government document accompanying the 2004 Draft Bill

2002 Mental Health Bill

2002 Mental Health Bill

2002 Mental Health Bill - consultation document

Expert Committee Report

Report of the Expert Committee: Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, chaired by Professor Genevra Richardson, November 1999