Over the past year the Society has submitted evidence to the Trethowan Committee, the Lane Committee and the D.H.S.S. Committee considering the ethical aspects of behavioural modification programmes. In each instance the evidence has been based on questionnaires or on draft statements amended in the light of members’ invited comments.

Likewise, early draft reports of Study Groups are submitted to all members for comment and rewritten to accommodate views expressed. The Study Group finally passes the Report to the Executive Committee for further amendment or approval prior to distribution as a Study Group Report to all psychiatrists in the British Isles and to members overseas.