§ 42. Mr. GILBERTasked the Minister of Transport whether the negotiating committee of railway general managers and the representatives of the railway police have yet met to consider the conditions of service; if not, whether it is proposed to fix an early date for that purpose in view of the discontent amongst the railway police whose conditions of service compare unfavourably with those of other police forces; and whether he has yet decided to apply the Desborough scale of pay to the railway police?
§ Sir E. GEDDESThe representatives of the railway police are now appointing a small committee to negotiate with the general managers, and so soon as this has been done, arrangements will be made for a meeting to consider the conditions of service, including the rates of pay of the men concerned.