§ MR. J. ROWLANDS (Finsbury, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in accordance with the usual practice, he has sanctioned the employment of an Inspector, two sergeants, and a number of constables belonging to the A Division of the Metropolitan Police, at the forthcoming Royal Agricultural Show at Plymouth; that the sergeants will be represented by two sub-inspectors, and the constables by sub-inspectors and sergeants, to the exclusion of the constablesin the A Reserve, who are available for duty of this kind; and that, in consequence of a similar arrangement last year, the number of sergeants left at home was insufficient for the proper performance of the sectional duties; and, whether he will take steps to prevent such an irregularity in the future?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI have sanctioned, in accordance with a practice which has existed for many years, the employment of a certain number of officers of the Metropolitan Police at the forthcoming Agricultural Show at Plymouth. The selection of these officers is entirely in the discretion of the Commissioner. I have no information of any inconvenience or irregularity having arisen in the past, or being likely to arise in the present year.