HC Deb 14 February 1895 vol 30 cc748-9
MR. H. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Weir, an insane patient at the Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water, on the 30th September 1894, and to the opinion expressed by the coroner's jury that not sufficient medical supervision was exercised, and that the mechanical restraint was excessive and too long continued; and, whether he will order an Inquiry into the case?

*MR. H. H. ASQUITH

My attention has been called to the circumstances in connection with the death of Thomas Weir, and I have given instructions for a special Inquiry to be held.