§ 77. Major MOULTONasked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the advisability of holding an inquiry into the present procedure for the certification and custody of lunatics, and as to whether further safeguards are necessary to prevent sane persons being detained as lunatics?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Prime Minister on Monday to the questions put to him on this subject by the hon. Members for Huntingdon (Mr. Costello), Islington (Mr. Comyns Carr), and Barnard Castle (Mr. Turner-Samuels).
§ Major MOULTONDoes the right hon. Gentleman propose to wait a long time for that inquiry?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYI can assure the House there will be no undue or unnecessary delay.