§ MR. W. CORBET (Wicklow, E.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to a resolution of the Paddington Board of Guardians to the effect that an inmate of the workhouse has been incarcerated for seven years in a lunatic asylum though she is not only quite sane, but a woman of more than ordinary intellect, and that there are many other similar cases; and, whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman will direct an inquiry into those cases?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I can only say that I have not seen or heard of the resolution to which the hon. Gentleman refers. If I find that a woman perfectly sane, and of more than ordinary intellect, has been incarcerated for seven years in a lunatic asylum, 1777 I shall certainly order a very stringent inquiry.