HC Deb 21 March 1989 vol 149 c584W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if it is his policy to allow electronic tagging of residents or patients in residential homes and nursing homes or hospitals.

Mr. Mellor

[holding answer 9 March 1989]: The management of a resident or patient is a matter for the local judgment of those professionally concerned with his or her care.