HC Deb 28 March 1905 vol 143 cc1377-8
MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether members of the Metropolitan Police Force who are acquainted with the Judish-Deutsch and other foreign tongues will be placed in a more favourable position when eligible for promotion † See page 650. than members of the force who are only acquainted with their native tongue.

*MR. AKERS-DOUGLAS

The question of promotion in the Metropolitan Police Force is one which must be left entirely to the discretion of the Commissioner, who may be trusted to consider in every case the qualifications and disqualifications of those concerned.