Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains Government policy to reform the Mental Health Act 1983.

• It remains our intention to bring forward a Mental Health Bill when Parliamentary time allows.

• I am incredibly grateful to the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill as well as the many experts who have generously given their time.

• We will continue to take forward non-legislative commitments to improve the care and treatment of people detained under the Act, including piloting models of Culturally Appropriate Advocacy. These will provide tailored support to people from ethnic minority communities and improve their experience of being treated under the Mental Health Act.