§ Miss Holtasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he can now announce the names of the chairman and members of the committee of inquiry into the administration of and conditions at Whittingham Hospital, near Preston, Lancashire.
§ Sir K. JosephYes. Sir Robert Payne, former President of the Law Society, has 551W agreed to act as Chairman. The other members will be:
Dr. W. A. L. Bowen, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.M., Physician Superintendent, Naburn and Bootham Park Hospital, York.J. R. Elliott, Esq. M.B.E., F.H.A., Associate Director, The Hospital Centre, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London; formerly Secretary of East Birmingham Hospital Management Committee.R. Kempster, Esq., S.R.N. R.M.N., N.M.P.A., Chief Nursing Officer, St. Crispin's Hospital, Northampton.Miss M. B. H. Whyte, M.A., Chairman, Education Sub-Committee of the Northern Branch of the National Association for Mental Health; formerly lecturer in Social Work, Department of Psychiatry, University of Leeds.L. C. Wilcher, Esq., C.B.E., Member of Oxford Regional Hospital Board; formerly Chairman, Littlemore Hospital Management Committee.