Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)

The Right to Freedom and Safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 7 Feb 2018 Closed: 8 Oct 2019 1 report

It is vital to have mechanisms to ensure that arrangements made for people who lack capacity are in their best interests. It is also important that resources are, as far as possible, directed to care rather than to legal and bureaucratic processes. The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) scheme safeguards against the arbitrary deprivation of …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
7th Report - The Right to Freedom and Safety: Reform of the… HC 890 29 Jun 2018 0

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
28 Mar 2018 Session View ↗
21 Mar 2018 Session View ↗