Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill 2026-27 Alert Sample


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Publications and Debates

Date Type Title
29th January 2027 2nd reading
8th July 2026 1st reading

Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill 2026-27 mentioned

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8 Jul 2026, 2:39 p.m. - House of Commons
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Mike Martin MP (Tunbridge Wells, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript


Early Day Motions
Friday 11th September

Second Reading of the Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill

26 signatures (Most recent: 15 Sep 2026)
Tabled by: Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat - Dorking and Horley)
That this House notes that on 8 July 2026 the Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill, also known as Christopher’s Law, was introduced with cross-party support; recognises that cases where the process for deciding on the presumption of capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 was not correctly followed are …