Draft Mental Health (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2018 Debate
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Nicholas Dakin
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Draft Mental Health (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2018
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Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
It is good to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. I am pleased that the Minister has reinforced the fact that the draft order is necessary but that it in no way gets in the way of what everyone in this House desires: to see devolution in Northern Ireland get back on track as soon as possible. As he has said, the draft order makes a straightforward, technical and necessary change to the mental health regulations. The Opposition agree wholeheartedly with the approach taken, which plugs an inadvertent gap. We fully support the Minister and are very pleased to hear that consultation with Northern Ireland parties confirms that he has their support as well.
John Penrose
I am delighted to have cross-party support, so I hope that the Committee can dispatch this business very quickly.
Question put and agreed to.