§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will consider seeking to amend section 137(3)(a) of the Mental Health Act to the effect that Mr. Speaker shall cause an hon. Member authorised to be detained on the ground, however formulated, that he is suffering from mental illness to be visited and examined by two medical practitioners appointed by the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists rather than the Royal College of Physicians.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergYes.