Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill [HL]

Key Points

• Prohibits discrimination solely on the grounds of mental health in key areas such as employment, housing, education and access to services.
• Requires organisations and public bodies to take steps to prevent discrimination and promote fair treatment for people with mental health conditions.
• Establishes rights to challenge discrimination and to seek remedies or enforcement if the rules are breached.
• Applies to both public and private sectors and to those providing goods, services or housing.
• Originated in the House of Lords and is currently at the second reading stage in that House.

Progress

The bill is in the Lords and undergoing its second reading, an early stage in its passage through Parliament. Further stages in the Lords (and potential action in the Commons) follow.