It seems extraordinary that one needs a special Inspector of Mental Hospitals but if we did not have one the situation would be even worse. We have a long way to go yet and urgency was not indicated by the Minister of State. He said the national strategy document included a commitment to prepare a national policy framework for the further modernisation of the mental health services. He also said that planning and work on the development of this new national framework is due to commence in the coming months. It is a long time since 1984 when Planning for the Future was published and it is disappointing that we are still waiting to start work on a new strategy. That does not suggest the kind of urgency that many of the recommendations of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals deserve.