§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reasons were given by the Wessex regional health authority for its inability 631W to provide a hospital place for the mentally-disordered person on 31 May 1978 who had been waiting for between 12–18 months.
§ Mr. BrittanThe Wessex regional health authority has said that it does not yet have the facilities necessary to contain offenders of this kind in sufficient security. Inquiries into the possibility of transferring the prisoner are continuing.