Mental Health Bill [HL]

Debate between Lord Kamall and Baroness Murphy

Committee stage
Monday 20th January 2025 Lords Chamber

[Lord Kamall (Con)]

I am grateful to my noble friend for that intervention, because this is something that we could learn from here. Given the point that the noble Baroness, Lady Murphy, made at the beginning, would taking that lesson from the black community in North Carolina work with black communities up and down the country here? I hope it is something that the Government could look into, or respond to, as one of the ways, once we have the relevant data, to reduce the rate of detention and CTOs for people from the black community.

I end by asking the Minister that question: is she aware of whether her department has looked at—was it North Carolina or South Carolina?

[Baroness Murphy (CB)]

North Carolina.