§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide a table showing the ordinary and long-term supplementary benefit scale rates, excluding the addition for rent, for a single person, a couple, a couple plus one child aged 5 to 11 years, a couple plus two children, one aged under 5 years and one aged 5 to 11 years, and a couple plus four children, two aged under 5 years and two aged 5 to 11 years, as a percentage of average net male earnings in November 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information is as follows:
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe Mental Health (Amendment) Bill, which had its Second Reading in the House on 22 March, adds substantially to the rights of detained mentally disordered patients.