Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 May 1976.
I agree that there are some very disturbing elements in the report, and item 67 is one of them. It is important to consider the question of consent. An inter-departmental review on the Mental Health Act 1959 is going on at present, and this is one of the issues that is under consideration. I am going to St. Augustine's Hospital tomorrow.