§ Mr. RENDALLasked the Minister of Health what steps he intends to take in regard to the provision of sanitoria for uncertifiable mental cases; and whether, for the encouragement of voluntary patients, such homes shall' be kept on a hospital footing, that is, free from detention and wholly unconnected with lunacy administration, so as to prevent their being regarded as half-way houses to asylums?
§ Dr. ADDISONAny scheme on the lines of my hon. Friend's suggestion, with which I am entirely in sympathy, would require legislation. The question is under consideration, but I am not yet in a position to state when the necessary legislation will be introduced.