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Session 2007-08 House of Lords Publications on the internet House of Commons Publications on the internet Joint Committee On Human Rights Publications

Joint Committee On Human Rights - Sixteenth Report Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 25 March 2008. Contents Terms of Reference Summary 1  Introduction 2  Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and the Bournewood guidance Introduction Formal medical assessment before an urgent deprivation of liberty authorisation Conveyance to a hospital or care home Potential for deprivation of liberty in a residential care home in certain circumstances 3  Council of Europe Recommendation on the protection of the human rights and dignity of persons with mental disorder Conclusions and recommendations Formal Minutes Appendices Appendix 1: Letter to Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Services, Department of Health, dated 12 November 2007 Appendix 2: Letter from Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Services, Department of Health, dated 29 November 2007 Appendix 3: Letter to the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, Department of Health, dated 23 November 2007  Appendix 4: Letter from Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Services, Department of Health, dated 17 December 2007 Reports from the Joint Committee on Human Rights in this Parliament

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