The Parliament website now (11 April) tells us that the very slow motion game of Ping-Pong in the final stages of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) … Read More ›
Tag: Mental Capacity Amendment Bill
Ahead of today’s ping-pong stage in the Commons, the Government has published its response to the two reports of the JCHR on LPS. It is … Read More ›
The Government has just (29 March) published its proposed response to the Lords amendments to the LPS. The Government proposes that the Lords definition of … Read More ›
The ping-pong stage of LPS continues, it just having been announced that the Bill will return to Parliament on 2 April, for the House of … Read More ›
[Updated 13 June] The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (MC(A)A) received Royal Assent on 16 May. When comes into force it will sweep away the … Read More ›
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill returned to the Lords last night (26 February). The majority of the amendments introduced by the Government in the … Read More ›
The Bill today (11 December) finished its final stage in the Lords, with the Commons yet to come. With thanks once again to Tim Spencer-Lane … Read More ›
The Bill as amended at Report stage is here, and the last stage before it goes to the Commons, Third Reading, has been announced for … Read More ›
With thanks, again, to Tim Spencer-Lane for his summary, the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill today (27 November) completed report stage in the House of Lords. … Read More ›
The first day of the Lords Report stage on 21 November brought the first changes to the Bill and the first defeat for the Government. … Read More ›