§ Mr. COSTELLOasked the Minister of Health whether the terms of reference to the Royal Commission on Lunacy include an inquiry into the conditions which obtain in mental institutions of every hind and the present regime to which the inmates are subject; and whether provision will be made for defraying the expenses incurred by witnesses in coming and staying in London to attend the sittings of the Commission?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYThe terms of reference of the Royal Commission include an inquiry into the certification, detention 1349W and care of persons under the Lunacy Acts, whether in public or private institutions or in single care. Witnesses summoned by the Commission to give evidence before them in London will be repaid their expenses in accordance with the scale prescribed by the Treasury.