During the act's development, there were concerns expressed that the changes proposed by the Mental Health Bill were draconian. As a result, the government was forced in 2006 to abandon their original plans to introduce the bill outright and had to amend the 1983 act instead. Despite this concession, the bill was still defeated a number of times in the
House of Lords, prior to its receiving
royal assent. , the
Green Party supported a reform of the Mental Health Act 2007 in order to remove
transgender people from the Psychiatric Disorder Register, which they view as discriminatory. In
Labour's 2024
Manifesto, they stated that the "Mental Health Act
discriminates against Black people who are much more likely to be
detained than others," and that they will "modernise legislation to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect throughout treatment." == See also ==