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Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill
Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill has completed 1st reading on 8 Jul 2026 in the House of Commons. Parliament currently lists 2nd reading as its current stage.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 1st reading8 Jul 2026
- Current stage
- 2nd reading
- House
- House of Commons
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
- Last updated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Chris Coghlan Proposer / sponsor · Liberal Democrat · House of Commons
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View Parliamentary CalendarWhat this bill is about
The Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill would seek to require certain people who carry out functions on behalf of other people to assess those people’s mental capacity in specified circumstances. The bill’s long title also indicates it would make “connected purposes” provisions, but no further details were available from the official documents provided.
What it would do
- Would seek to require some decision-makers acting on behalf of others to assess their mental capacity.
- Would apply the duty in “specified circumstances,” as set out in the bill.
- Includes “connected purposes,” though no further specifics were provided in the available material.
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1st reading 8 Jul 2026 · House of Commons
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