HC Deb 16 June 1958 vol 589 c50W
Sir H. Linstead

asked the Minister of Health whether he will now review the advice given by the Departmental Committee on Morphine and Heroin Addiction in 1926.

Mr. Walker-Smith

Yes. In consultation with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and I have appointed a Committee with the following terms of referenceTo review in the light of more recent developments the advice given by the Departmental Committee on Morphine and Heroin Addiction in 1926; to consider whether any revised advice should also cover other drugs liable to produce addiction or to be habit-forming; to consider whether there is a medical need to provide special, including institutional, treatment outside the resources already available, for persons addicted to drugs; and to make recommendations, including proposals for any administrative measures that seem expedient, to the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State for Scotland.

The membership of the Committee is as follows:

  • Sir Russell Brain, Bart, D.M., F.R.C.P., Chairman,
  • Laurence Abel, Esq., M.S., F.R.C.S.,
  • D. M. Dunlop, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., Ed. F.R.C.P., F.R.S.E.,
  • Donald W. Hudson, Esq., M.P.S.,
  • A. D. Macdonald. Esq., M.Sc., M.D.,
  • A. H. Macklin, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., T.D., M.D.,
  • S. Noy Scott, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,
  • M. A. Partridge, Esq., M.A., D.M., D.P.M.