§ Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMPSONasked whether the provisions of the Police (Weekly Rest-day) Bill, now before the House of Lords, apply to the police force of a borough which is not wholly paid for out of the rates of that borough, or whether an Order in Council will have to be issued in such a case?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe Bill, if it pass in its present form, may be adopted in any borough which has a separate police force by resolution of the police authority. In the absence of such a resolution it comes into force in county boroughs at the expiration of four years, in non-county boroughs if and when directed by Order in Council. In all boroughs a portion of the cost of the police is charged to the Exchequer Contribution Account.
§ Mr. W. P. BYLESDo I understand that a compulsory charge is laid upon county boroughs by Parliament, and that they have no option but to pay?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am sure my hon. friend is quite familiar with the terms of the Bill, which set out much better than I can in answer to a question the purport of the Bill.