§ MR. P. STANHOPE (Wednesbury)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a police constable appointed under Section 19 of the Act 3 & 4 Victoria, chapter 88, is entitled to superannuation under the English Superannuation Act of 1890, in the same manner as other county constables?
§ MR. MATTHEWSThe question does not arise in the Metropolis; but with regard to other forces the question is not free from legal doubt. So far as I can judge, if the police constable appointed under Section 19 has been engaged on the ordinary terms of contribution towards superannuation and otherwise, and has fulfilled the conditions of age and service appointed by the pension scale of the force to which he belongs, ho would be entitled to superannuation in the same manner as other constables. As a rule, however, the service under Section 19 is temporary, and in some cases it has been on special terms.