§ MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether in the proposed legislation for London it will be arranged that the 1082 affairs connected with lunacy in London be administered by the central board instead of, as at present, by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and by the London County Council; and whether, in order that the cases of imbeciles, idiots, lunatics, and those suffering from senile dementia might be properly studied, and accurate statistics compiled, he will consider the expediency of forming one board which shall have the care and control of such cases?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTI think my honourable friend will see that it would not be proper for me to make any statement as to the contents of a Bill which is to be introduced by the Leader of the House.
§ MR. W. JOHNSTONBut as to the assimilation of the two boards?
§ THE HOME SECRETARYIt is not a matter which concerns my department.