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Lord Meston

Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary

Became Member: 26th September 2023


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Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
31st Jan 2024 - 30th May 2024


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During the current Parliament, Lord Meston has voted in 44 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Latest 2 Written Questions

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15th Sep 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to amend the Mental Health Bill to provide professionals with clarity about how to assess whether children under 16 are competent to make relevant decisions under the Bill in the light of the judgment in Re S (Wardship: Removal to Ghana) [2025] EWCA Civ 1011.

We agree that it is right to focus on improving the practical application of Gillick and the assessments of competency. We have already committed to consulting on the guidance for assessing competence in mental health settings in the revised Mental Health Act Code of Practice, with the intention to provide further clarity to decision makers. This will include engagement with key stakeholders and clinical decision makers with experience of assessing competence in children.

As part of this, we can look to summarise and explain what case law has said on how competence should be assessed, including Re S (Wardship: Removal to Ghana). It remains our position that we would not consider a statutory test in the Mental Health Act.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
10th Jul 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to implementing the recommendations of the final report of the Civil Justice Council for its review of litigation funding published on 2 June.

The Government welcomes the Civil Justice Council review of litigation funding, which will help inform the approach to potential reforms. We will outline next steps in due course.