Speeches by Craft.

“On a small point of clarification, the six-month criteria are based on the current NHS guidance around CETRs. It is loose guidance; it is not statutory. The reason that it is six months as opposed to 12 months is that that would bring us closer in line with the guidance.”

“I do not want to speak outside the scope of the clause, but I would very much welcome a commitment from the Minister on ensuring that people with learning disabilities and/or autism are part of the process of the consultation to produce guidance on what good community services look like, and that they are engaged with …”

“I rise to share a few brief reflections. I appreciate that the intent behind amendment 25 is to make sure that the relevant training is in place. I assume that the hon. Member for Guildford has in mind something similar to the Oliver McGowan training provided across hospital trusts, which mandates that all healthcare p…”

“I will be reasonably brief, as Members have covered a lot of what I was going to talk about. The intent behind amendments 10 and 24 and new clause 11 is to address the issue raised by a number of organisations, such as Mencap, the National Autistic Society and the NHS Confederation, around the delay in particular claus…”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for reflecting on the fact that mistakes were made by the previous Government—acknowledgment of that is often sorely lacking. I respect the fact that he says that the debate has moved on, but does he accept that while the debate may have moved on, policy to enact actual change for people who …”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the Bill makes allowances for the Secretary of State to introduce appropriate risk factors via regulation, and that it is more appropriate to list the risk factors that ICBs should take into account in secondary legislation issued by the Secretary of State than in primary legislation,…”

“I think there is a concern about having a prescriptive mandate in primary legislation, rather than using a vehicle that could implement real change. Again, I would welcome the Minister’s thoughts on how to ensure that those working in a mental health environment have sufficient training on learning disabilities and aut…”

“This week, I will be meeting eight new community police officers who begin their roles on the beat thanks to the Government’s investment through the national policing guarantee. Does the Home Secretary agree that investing in community policing is the best way to tackle so much of the crime that blights our communities…”

“13. What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing.”

“How do you two find the interaction with community mental health teams, if there is any at all? How does that work out? I am thinking specifically for people who have severe mental illness. The scope of our inquiry is looking at people who fall into that category and how community mental health teams can be transformed…”

“Do you ever have any interaction where a local community mental health trust or similar would come to you and say, “This is what we need” and you can say, “This is what we need”? Is it much more piecemeal—“We have identified that you do a thing and we are sending someone to you for this”—rather than what I would almost…”

“It is just helpful, how it interplays with some of the community-based services that we have seen. It feels like there is not necessarily that ability to data-capture what they do and how that interacts with more NHS, state-provided services. If there was a way to do that, would that be transformative to how community …”

“The early intervention pathway on psychosis is particularly interesting. I may have got this wrong, but you said that you did it without the evidence to say that it might work, because it seemed fairly obvious that it would. Could we do that in other areas? You did say there is a need to have the evidence base before y…”

“I am really very interested in the work around reducing stigma. Someone came to give evidence in a previous Committee meeting who receives therapy through Black Minds Matter. He was extraordinarily complimentary about the work that you do, but he was very clear that there is an enhanced stigma for black communities in …”

“It sounds almost like the thing that drives you is your very strong philosophical drive, but you also have a mental health trust that is genuinely supportive. I am quite interested in that. You also pointed out that there are some teams who find your anti-racist work almost a challenge. As I said to the previous panel,…”

“I am very interested in the fact that you co-design and co-locate. You co-produce, would you say, as well? What have been the barriers to being able to do this? Have the local mental health services been helpful and supportive? Have you had a difficult relationship at times? How did you overcome those?”

“That was really helpful.”

“One of the purposes of today’s session is to look at models that work successfully and how they might be scaled up. Jake, your Hope in the Community project is great, but I get the impression that you have lots of ideas about how that could go further with good working with your local healthcare providers. What have be…”

“You said something there about seeing people as individuals. In a lot of the lived experience sessions we have had, which I have found particularly interesting, people living with serious mental illnesses have talked about how being seen as an individual contributes to their good mental health. They are not just being …”