Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013

2) Bill)[1] is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced to the House of Commons by Gavin Barwell, the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon Central.

Section 1 ("Members of Parliament etc") removes from the Mental Health Act 1983 the provision that disqualifies from the House of Commons a member sectioned for over six months under that Act.

Section 2 ("Jurors") qualifies the restrictions of jury members who are receiving mental health treatment.

The then Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband, said the Bill would bring public understanding of mental health "into the 21st century".

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