The support for a ban during last week's second reading of the MentalHealth Bill in the House of Commons has raised campaigners' hopes thatit will become law.
Speaking in the Commons, health secretary Patricia Hewitt said: "We needto focus on continuing to improve services rather than believing changesto the law will solve the problem."
But Kathryn Pugh, project manager for YoungMinds, said although strongpolicies were in place they had yet to make an impact. She said: "If thepolicies were working we wouldn't be trying to change the law."
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