§ Mr. BIRKETTasked the Home Secretary whether he has received any reports from the Petty Sessional Divisions in England and Wales or from probation officers as to the desirability of a. competent medical man being at the service of the probation officers in cases of young offenders who are suffering from epilepsy and kindred diseases; and, in the event of no such reports having been received, whether he will cause inquiries to be made?
Mr. HENDERSONThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. Some juvenile courts have made arrangements for the medical examination where necessary of young offenders who are brought before them, and attention was drawn to the desirability of such a practice in the Report of the Children's Branch issued last year. The matter is receiving further consideration.