§ MR. HART-DAVIES (Hackney, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would be prepared to allow members of the Metropolitan Police Force the privilege which the members of the City Police enjoy, of performing their Sunday duties in one tour; and whether he would grant constables of the Metroplitan Police Force the same amount of annual leave as London postmen get, namely, fourteen days.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.The conditions on Sunday in the inner portions of the Metropolitan Police District are widely different from those prevailing in the City, and after consultation with the Commissioner of Police I am satisfied that it would not be desirable in the public interest to arrange for the performance of duty in a single tour of eight hours. With regard to the latter part of the Question, I fear I can add nothing to the reply which I gave on May 14th last to the hon. Member for North Lambeth † and to my remarks in the debate on the Metropolitan Police Estimates on June 7th. ‡