The Expert Group Review of the Mental Health Act 2001, which was published in 2015, recognises that children and adolescents detained under the Mental Health Act 2001 are in a particularly vulnerable situation and that it is appropriate that they be given every support. On that basis the Group members recommend that children, their families and/or guardians should have advocacy services available to them. This recommendation, like all others in the Report, is being examined in the context of the preparation of the General Scheme of an amending Bill which is underway at present.