§ Mr. F. ROBERTSasked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, by what authority ex-service men of the class who still retain the rights and privileges of private patients are subjected to the decision of a Visiting Committee whose jurisdiction is limited by the provisions of the Lunacy Act to paupers?
§ Sir M. BARLOWUnder Section 271 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, Visiting Committees are empowered to receive private patients into asylums upon such terms as they may think fit. The hon. Member is under a misapprehension in suggesting that their jurisdiction is limited to pauper patients.