§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether, in view of the absconding of a patient on the evening of 11 March from the Newton Lodge secure unit, he will initiate an inquiry into security at Newton Lodge; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FreemanThis is a local matter for the health authority concerned. I have written to Sir Bryan Askew, chairman of Yorkshire regional health authority, to alert him that the hon. Member may contact him.