§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he will lay upon the Table of the House a Return showing the number of the Police Constables dismissed, and also the number reduced in class, and for what offences, during the time that Sir Charles Warren has been Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. STUART-WORTLEY) (Sheffield, Hallam)(who replied) said: The Secretary of State has no objection to lay on the Table a Return showing the number of police constables dismissed, and also the number reduced in class, since Sir Charles Warren has been Chief Commissioner. That number has been below the average of former years. The Secretary of State does not think it will be expedient, in the public interest, to give a Return of offences for which constables have been dismissed or re- 501 duced. The Commissioner has, by Statute, the power to dismiss constables without assigning any cause. The Secretary of State will, however, be happy to give the hon. Member privately any information as to any particular case in which he takes an interest.
§ MR. LABOUCHEREWill the hon. Gentleman make the Return divisional?
§ MR. STUART-WORTLEYI will consider that point.