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| Mental health law plan challenged | Mental health law plan challenged |
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| The government is facing the prospect of House of Lords defeat over controversial plans to lock up some mentally ill people. | The government is facing the prospect of House of Lords defeat over controversial plans to lock up some mentally ill people. |
| The Mental Health Bill would mean people with severe personality disorders would be confined if judged to be a threat to themselves or others. | The Mental Health Bill would mean people with severe personality disorders would be confined if judged to be a threat to themselves or others. |
| Critics have argued that the measures are too draconian. | Critics have argued that the measures are too draconian. |
| The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will come together to demand a string of amendments. | The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will come together to demand a string of amendments. |
| The bill would allow the enforced detention of people who are mentally ill, even if they have not committed any crime. | The bill would allow the enforced detention of people who are mentally ill, even if they have not committed any crime. |
| And it would strengthen powers, established in 1983, to ensure patients have therapy once they are released back into the community. | And it would strengthen powers, established in 1983, to ensure patients have therapy once they are released back into the community. |
| Health Minister Lord Warner has said the aim of the bill is to protect the public and patients from harm. | Health Minister Lord Warner has said the aim of the bill is to protect the public and patients from harm. |
| Between 55 and 60 murders a year are committed by mentally ill patients. | Between 55 and 60 murders a year are committed by mentally ill patients. |
| The bill was promised in the Queen's Speech and comes after previous attempts to change the existing Mental Health Act were thwarted by opposition from campaigners and some doctors. | |
| The changes would affect about 14,000 of the 600,000 people who use mental health services each year. | The changes would affect about 14,000 of the 600,000 people who use mental health services each year. |