§ MR. JAMES STUART (Shoreditch, Hoxton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that the Metropolitan Police received three days extra leave on the occasions of the official visit of the Shah of Persia, of the celebration of Her Majesty's Jubilee, and of the recent visit of the German Emperor, whether he will grant a similar extra leave to members of the Force during the present year, in connection with the opening of the Im- 323 perial Institute and the forthcoming Royal marriage?
§ MR. ASQUITHIt would be premature to come to any decision upon this subject at the present moment, but the matter will be considered when the proper time arrives.