§ 58. Captain LOSEBYasked the Home Secretary if the Commissioner of Police has been able to comply with the request embodied in the Royal Proclamation calling upon employers of labour to ensure, that 5 per cent. of their employés are disabled men?
§ Major BAIRDAs the standard of physical fitness required of a police constable is similar to that required in the Army, men disabled for Army service are disabled for Police service; but in the case of the Headquarters Civil Service staff, where the same physical standard is not necessary, the proportion of 5 per cent. is more than maintained.
§ Captain LOSEBYCould the hon. and gallant Gentleman tell me if it does actually amount to 5 per cent. of the whole; and what proportion of his own disabled men have the police been able to absorb?
§ Major BAIRDPerhaps my hon. and gallant Friend will put down a question on the latter point. In regard to the first supplementary question, the proportion exceeds 5 per cent. of the total of the staff.