HC Deb 04 February 1954 vol 523 c561
The Prime Minister

The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of the following members of the Royal Commission to inquire into the certification and detention of mental patients:

Mrs. E. D. Adrian.

Mr. Claude Bartlett.

The hon. Lady the Member for Liverpool, Exchange (Mrs. Braddock).

Sir Walter Russell Brain, D.M., P.R.C.P.

The hon. and learned Gentleman the Member for York (Mr. Hylton-Foster). Mr. Richard Meredith Jackson, LL.D.

Sir Cecil Oakes, C.B.E.

Dr. Thomas Percy Rees, O.B.E., M.D., M.R.C.P., D.P.M.

Dr. David Howell Hugh Thomas, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.M.

Dr. John Greenwood Wilson, M.D., F.R.C.P., D.P.H.

As has already been announced, Lord Percy of Newcastle will be Chairman of the Commission.