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Prisoners: Consent To Medication

Volume 446: debated on Tuesday 20 December 1983

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asked Her Majesty's Government:On how many occasions in 1982 drugs were administered to patients without their consent in Parkhurst, Holloway, Styal, Wakefield, Albany, Gartree and Wormwood Scrubs respectively.

Emergencies justifying the medication of prisoners against their wishes are very rare, but information is not available in the form requested.