§ Mr. SHEPHERDasked the Minister of Health whether he will issue instructions to boards of guardians requiring them to notify his Department immediately any inmate of a casual ward has been placed in the hands of the police, so that his inspectors may make an immediate inquiry into the circumstances?
§ Miss LAWRENCEMy right hon. Friend does not think that my hon. Friend's proposal is one which he could adopt. It is for the magistrates to de- 859W cide whether the charges brought by a Poor Law authority against an inmate of a casual ward are substantiated and to discharge any person against whom the charge fails.