§ MR. RANDELL (Glamorgan, Gower)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Mr. W. Picton Phillips, Superintendent of Police in Carmarthenshire, prior to his appointment to that office, was in receipt of salary as clerk to his father, the Chief Constable of Carmarthenshire; and, if so, what was his age when he first received it; and whether another son of the Chief Constable of Carmarthenshire, who has not yet attained his majority, was in receipt of pay of a first-class constable; and, if so, whether he had been duly sworn in, and discharged the full and ordinary duties of such constable; and, if not, why not?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI am informed by the Chief Constable that Mr. Superintendent Phillips was sworn in, and appointed to the rank of Inspector, rendered vacant by the death of his clerk in April, 1883, his age being then a little over 17 years, and he received pay as such until his promotion to Superintendent. On the 26th March last the Chief Constable appointed another of his sons as clerk in his office, and allowed him the pay of a first-class constable. He was not sworn in, and discharges the duty of clerk only. I have written to the Chairman of Quarter Sessions and invited his attention to the questions that have been addressed to me with regard to these appointments.