Youth Treatment Centres

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 3:33 pm ar 24 Mehefin 1991.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Charles Kennedy Charles Kennedy Shadow Spokesperson (Health), Party Chair, Liberal Democrats 3:33, 24 Mehefin 1991

In echoing the welcome that has been given to the statement by the Secretary of State and the decisions that will follow from it, may I ask him to confirm that the key issue for the new management and the new structure which he envisages will be the effectiveness of the appeal system. Its effectiveness has been greatly bolstered by his statement, but there is still a small question mark—to which the right hon. Gentleman alluded—over the likelihood that an individual will appeal when he is in an institution which he believes treats him extremely unfavourably.

I wish to underscore the welcome that many others have given to the appointment of Mrs. Winifred Tumim. How long will it be before the right hon. Gentleman can say more about the composition of the advisory committee over which he will preside?