HC Deb 28 February 1924 vol 170 c663
40. Major Sir BERTRAM FALLE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider the question of providing wind screens or sentry-boxes in very exposed and windswept beats for Metropolitan policemen?

Mr. DAVIES

I am afraid the suggestion could not be adopted without interfering with the efficient discharge of the constable's duties. It is essential that a constable should be in the open, where he can see and hear what is going on around him.

Sir B. FALLE

Could not a windscreen be made of glass?

Mr. DAVIES

That would prevent him from hearing.