§ MR. BYLES (Salford, N.)To ask Mr. Attorney-General whether his attention has been drawn to the proceedings of the Royal Commission on the Metropolitan Police, when an ex-police constable named George Deed confessed upon oath that, at the previous sitting of the Commission, he had deliberately perjured himself; whether this witness was severely reprimanded by the Chairman, who told him that he had placed himself in a very serious position indeed, and that it would be the duty of the Commission to consider whether any action ought or ought not to be taken against him; and whether he proposes, in the interests of the police force, to prosecute this man.
(Answered by Sir John Walton.) I have no information upon this subject. The matter is one for the consideration of the Commissioners of Police, who may be relied upon to take nyy necessary steps in the interests of the police force.