The Mental Health Federation of Queensland, of which Harry Throssell was the spokesperson, advocated for changes to the Mental Health Act on 1962, Section 27A of the Prison's Act and the Mental Health Amendment Act 130B legislation. The Federation was concerned about security patients being held in hospital beyond the term of their prison sentence. This file includes: notes on the Somerville [Summerville?] inquiry accompanied by a handwritten note from Ro [Roisin Goss, nee Hirschfeld?] to Throssell; newspaper cuttings; a typescript page of proposed changes to legislation by the Mental Health Federation of Queensland; and a handwritten note from Marg [Margaret O'Donnell?] to Throssell; a form letter written by L. Macdonald and M. O'Donnell accompanied by a report titled 'Section 27A. Prisons Act'. Written on cover of original folder 'Somerville. Mental Health Federation. 27A'.