§ 82. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department 395 whether one of the special arrangements relative to mental hospital patients and air-raid precautions includes the evacuation of such patients to other parts of the country; and whether he will indicate specific plans already made for this purpose?
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd)Arrangements for the protection of mental hospital patients and staffs will have to be considered in the light of local conditions. If the hospitals are located in areas considered especially vulnerable, plans for evacuation may have to be prepared. In other cases the necessary air-raid precautions will be taken.
§ Mr. SorensenIs it not a fact that in some cases plans have been prepared for the evacuation of patients to other parts of the country?
§ Mr. LloydSatisfactory air-raid precaution schemes have been prepared in some mental hospitals, but I cannot answer about any specific cases.