During the bill's passage through the Lords, peers introduced an amendment saying there should be age-appropriate care for young people who end up on adult mental health wards.
But during a Commons debate on the bill last week Hewitt said: "In my view we need to focus on continuing to improve the services we provide for children and adolescents rather than believe that simply making changes to the law will solve the problem."
She also said that although Scotland has conducted age-appropriate care there has been an increase in the numbers of young people entering adult wards. Tim Loughton, the Conservative shadow minister for children, said that figures had not been counted properly before the change was introduced.
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