MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government will consider the advisability of the suppression of private asylums, and make other and more suitable provision for paying patients?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY,) Lancashire, BlackpoolNo, Sir, I am not aware of any sufficient reason for disturbing the arrangement made only six years ago by Parliament with regard to licensed houses.