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Legislative Competence Order: Provision of Mental Health Services

The progress of the proposed LCO on mental health services.

The proposed LCO relates to mental health legislation reform. It will enshrine in law specific patient rights including:

a right to assessment and treatment in a therapeutic setting before compulsion becomes the only safe option, and;
a right for patients to receive independent advocacy

Progress

Assembly

03/10/07 Selected in ballot

17/10/07 Assembly grants leave to introduce proposed LCO

18/02/08 Proposed LCO laid

26/02/08 Committee established

13/03/08 Consultation opened

25/04/08 Consultation closed

20/06/08 Report published

02/12/09 Draft LCO laid

09/12/09 Draft LCO approved in Plenary

Westminster:

21/05/09 Secretary of State refers the proposed LCO to Parliament for scrutiny
02/06/09 Welsh Affairs Committee (WAC) call for evidence
26/06/09 WAC call for evidence closes
30/10/09 WAC report published
06/01/10 UK Government response to WAC report published
26/01/10 Draft Order approved by the House of Commons
01/02/10 Draft Order discussed by House of Lords in Grand Committee
03/02/10 Draft Order approved by the House of Lords
10/02/10 Royal approval. Order made: The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Health and Health Services and Social Welfare) Order 2010

The proposed LCO can be viewed on the National Assembly for Wales website.

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