§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware of the hardship accruing to members of the dockyard divisions of the Metropolitan police owing to the regulation that no policeman can be permitted to serve in the same yard as a relative; and whether he will consider the advisability of amending the regulation so as to enable the sons of dockyard policemen, fortunate enough to secure dockyard apprenticeships, being allowed to work in the same yard where their fathers are on duty, seeing that the present arrangement requires either the boy to give up the position he has gained or his father to transfer himself to another yard, thereby causing the home to be broken up and other domestic and financial hardships?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe Commissioner of Metropolitan police is responsible for all matters relating to the discipline and efficiency of the dockyard police.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEWould the right hon. Gentleman kindly reply to my question?
§ Mr. McKENNAI have replied to the question. The hon. Member may not be aware that the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police is under the Home Office and not the Admiralty.