§ 36. Sir J. REMNANTasked the Home Secretary if any compensation has been given to all members of the Metropolitan Police Force who served during the War for leave during that period, either by way of additional leave or a money allowance?
§ Sir J. BAIRDMen who served during the War in the Army or Navy received, while so serving, the leave to which they were entitled under the arrangements in force in the Army and Navy. They cannot claim, in addition to this, police leave for the time they were absent from the police service.
§ Sir J. REMNANTMay I ask whether it is not a fact that men serving in the Metropolitan Police to-day are actually in receipt of additional leave as a substitution for the leave which they lost during the War, and if so, whether the Home Secretary can give compensation, either in the way of additional leave or in some other way, to the men who served during the War, but retired since the Armistice?
§ Sir J. BAIRDI think my hon. Friend is mixing up two things. If I understand him, does he not refer to men continuing to serve in the police during the War and therefore had arrears of leave due to them under the Police Regulations? These men certainly are getting extra leave now, so far as circumstances will permit, but their case is not on all fours with that of men serving in the Army and Navy and getting the same leave as other men in the Army and Navy.
§ Sir J. REMNANTI think the hon. Gentleman is the one who is mixed. I—
§ Mr. SPEAKERWe are entering into a debate.