HC Deb 23 May 1939 vol 347 cc2261-2

11.46 p.m.

Mr. Bernays

I beg to move, in page 32, line 29, to leave out "undergoing treatment in any place," and to insert: persons of unsound mind and mental defectives from the place in which they are being treated or maintained. This Amendment and that which follows make it clear that the Minister can arrange for removing mental patients as well as ordinary patients, to other institutions.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendments made:

In page 32, line 30, after "treatment," insert "or maintenance, as the case may be."

In page 33, line 21, after "expression," insert 'treatment' in relation to a hospital does not include treatment in a first-aid post, and the expression."—[Mr. Bernays.]

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.