HC Deb 12 February 1929 vol 225 cc332-3
Sir K. WOOD

I beg to move, in page 9, line 30, at the end, to insert the words or been maintained in any place as a pauper lunatic. This Amendment is designed to give effect to the undertaking that my right hon. Friend gave in Committee, that a person shall not be disqualified from becoming or being a member of the county or county borough council solely by reason that he or a member of his family has been detained in an institution as a pauper lunatic. By virtue of Subsections (2) and (3) the exemption will extend to members of public assistance committees, and guardians committees, and also to members of local authorities to whom Section 46 of the Local Government Act of 1891 applies.

Amendment agreed to.