HC Deb 10 March 1932 vol 262 cc1962-3
46. Sir NAIRNE STEWART SANDEMAN

asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to appoint a committee to inquire into the question of the sterilisation of the mentally defective?

Sir H. YOUNG

As was stated in reply to a similar question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Keighley (Captain Watt) on the 15th February, of which I will send my hon. Friend a copy, I propose in the first instance to arrange for a preliminary investigation of the scientific issues involved in this matter.