HC Deb 15 October 1952 vol 505 cc22-3W
78. Mr. Hylton-Foster

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will recommend the appointment of a Royal Commission to consider what changes may be necessary in the law relating to the criminal responsibility of persons of unsound mind.

Sir H. Lucas-Tooth

No. The Royal Commission on Capital Punishment, appointed in 1949, has been examining these problems and will doubtless include observations on them in their Report, which should, I understand, be available within the next few months.