32. Sir F. HALLasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the action of the Monmouthshire Standing Joint Committee in issuing instructions for the withholding by 50 per cent. in certain contingencies of the pay of the police under their control; and what action the Government propose to take to prevent the police force being penalised for carrying out their primary duty of protecting the public?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Captain Hacking)The answer to my hon. and gallant Friend's question appeared in the OFFICIAL REPORT this morning as a written answer, owing to an omission to notice that the question originally put down on the Order Paper for oral answer yesterday had been postponed by my hon. and gallant Friend until to-day. I regret any inconvenience caused to my hon. and gallant Friend owing to this oversight.