HC Deb 20 July 1857 vol 147 c26
MR. J. C. EWART

said, he wished to inquire of the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is the intention of the Government to establish Asylums to be exclusively devoted to the confinement of criminal lunatics.

SIR GEORGE GREY

said, that the Government had such an intention, and negotiations were in progress for the purchase of the necessary sites.