§ MR. J. G. TALBOTasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether his attention has been called to recent decisions of magistrates as to the detention of pauper lunatics in workhouses pending their admission to lunatic asylums; and, whether he intends to promote such legislation as will make it clear that such detention is legal, in order to prevent the scandal of lunatics being confined in prisons?
MR. GEORGE RUSSELLThe question is now under consideration in connection with the Lunacy Bill which has been brought in by the Lord Chancellor.
§ MR. J. G. TALBOTasked if the hon. Gentleman had seen the decision of the magistrate at the Lambeth Police Court, reported in The Times of that morning, illustrating the point in question?