§ MR. QUILTER (Suffolk, S.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the Government will consider the desirability of supplying to the police a helmet of a lighter colour, and something in the nature of a blouse for wear on duty during the summer months?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I stated, in reply to a Question in September last, that the Chief Commissioner was in favour of the present system of clothing, thinking that in our variable climate there is more danger from wet and cold than from excessive heat. The Chief Commissioner is still of this opinion; and, accordingly, I am not prepared to advise any alteration in the dress of the police.
§ MR. QUILTERMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman, whether he is aware that such arrangements as I have suggested have been made in other parts of the Kingdom with satisfactory results?
§ MR. MATTHEWSNo; I am not aware of that fact.