§ Mr. SAKLATVALAasked the Minister of Health whether he will give instructions that, in the event of a patient in a mental hospital meeting with injury, the guardians of the particular union or parish to which such patient, is chargeable be immediately notified of such injury, so that they can, if considered desirable, have such patient visited: and that on a request from a board of guardians the Board of Control be required to hold an inquiry at which such guardians can be represented?
§ Sir K. WOODMy right hon. Friend is not prepared to give general instructions in the sense suggested. The visiting committee of a mental hospital is the body responsible under the Lunacy Act for the management and control of the insulation. Any request from a board of guardians to be represented at an inquiry held cither by the visiting committee or the Board of Control would be considered on its merits in each particular case.