Mental Health Bill [HL]
Debate between Baroness Butler-Sloss and Baroness Watkins of Tavistock
Committee stage
Monday 20th January 2025
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Monday 20th January 2025
(3 days, 18 hours ago)
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Baroness Watkins of Tavistock (CB)
To add to that, the key thing about paramedics is that they do not have long-term therapeutic relationships with the people we are talking about. Therefore, an intervention is totally appropriate.
Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)
I too want to add, equally with great care, to this very interesting discussion. I am concerned about the police. I have not quite understood from the Minister her thoughts on a point that has been made twice now by the noble Lord, Lord Meston about everybody waiting for the police. Are the Government thinking of making it unnecessary for the police regularly to attend?