§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the transfer directives and any subsequent order made under the Mental Health Act 1983 section 47(1) in March 1992 in respect of Mr. Stephen Laudat, together with any relevant medical correspondence. [39342]
§ Miss WiddecombeMedical reports recommending the transfer of a prisoner to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 are confidential and may not be placed in the Library. Information concerning the circumstances of Mr. Laudat's transfer to hospital is given in the report of the independent inquiry into the circumstances of the killing of Mr. Brian Bennett by Mr. Laudat. A transfer and restriction direction authorising Mr. Laudat's removal from HMP Wandsworth to the interim secure unit at Hackney hospital under sections 47 and 49 of the 1983 Act was issued on 19 March 1992.