HC Deb 25 January 1957 vol 563 cc85-6W
Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Health if he will arrange for an investigation to ascertain how many old people have been certified as insane under the Lunacy Act, 1890, for social rather than medical reasons.

Mr. Vosper

No. A reception order can only be made if the justice is satisfied that the person is of unsound mind and a proper person to be detained.

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