Hon ED DERMER asks when the 2009-10 annual report of the Council of Official Visitors will be tabled. Hon HELEN MORTON responds that she is awaiting further information before tabling the report and the government's response.

AnsweredQoN 13Legislative Council
Asked
15 February 2011
Portfolio
Water

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COUNCIL OF OFFICIAL VISITORS ANNUAL REPORT 2009–10 — TABLING
When will the 2009–10 annual report of the Council of Official Visitors be tabled in Parliament? Hon HELEN MORTON

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I thank the member for the question. As the member knows, I have indicated that this report is a really important voice for the people around the state who have mental illnesses, particularly those people who are in involuntary care. It is eight weeks since I became the minister and I have read that report from cover to cover. I have had discussions with the Director General of Health, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards, the chair of the Council of Official Visitors and the Mental Health Commissioner. I am still waiting for some information from those people. When that information has been received, the report will be tabled but, more importantly, the government’s response to the issues that have been raised in the report will also be tabled.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for the question. As the member knows, I have indicated that this report is a really important voice for the people around the state who have mental illnesses, particularly those people who are in involuntary care. It is eight weeks since I became the minister and I have read that report from cover to cover. I have had discussions with the Director General of Health, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards, the chair of the Council of Official Visitors and the Mental Health Commissioner. I am still waiting for some information from those people. When that information has been received, the report will be tabled but, more importantly, the government’s response to the issues that have been raised in the report will also be tabled.
I thank the member for the question. As the member knows, I have indicated that this report is a really important voice for the people around the state who have mental illnesses, particularly those people who are in involuntary care. It is eight weeks since I became the minister and I have read that report from cover to cover. I have had discussions with the Director General of Health, the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards, the chair of the Council of Official Visitors and the Mental Health Commissioner. I am still waiting for some information from those people. When that information has been received, the report will be tabled but, more importantly, the government’s response to the issues that have been raised in the report will also be tabled.

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