§ Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the recent statement of the chairman of the Board of Control at the annual meeting of the Mental Hospitals Association respecting mental patients affected by divorce proceedings, and obligations on the part of a medical superintendent definitely to express his opinion in reply to questions by petitioners or petitioners' solicitors as to whether a patient is or is not curable; can he say whether he proposes to circularise mental hospital committees to this effect; and will he make a statement?
§ Mr. BernaysYes, Sir. I understand that the Mental Hospitals Association circulated to their members a communication on this subject from the Board of Control in January last, a copy of which I will send the hon. Member; and, on the information before him, my right hon. Friend is doubtful whether it is necessary to issue a circular to Mental Hospital Committees.