Mr. John Farrelly:

People are entitled to tribunals under the Act, and we are quite rigorous around that. A couple of thousand tribunals happen each year. We continued with those tribunals. It was the previous Government that changed the Mental Health Act to enable us to have the tribunals in order to vindicate people's rights. We are worried about one issue. It is about ensuring that people do not take that for granted and that they know their rights.

There is now a bigger onus on the clinical teams to make sure that people who are detained know their rights. We must not forget about people's human rights while keeping them safe. That seems to be going relatively well. This is scrutinised quite rigorously by an independent group composed of a barrister, a consultant psychiatrist and a layperson whom we recruit independently.