§ 2. Mr. HAYESasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the cleaning of some of the Metropolitan Police section houses in dockyard divisions is performed by a police officer whose whole time is taken up with this work; whether this is due to any difficulty in obtaining suitable local labour at ordinary cleaners' rates; and whether vacancies for such work will be advertised in the police Press so that pensioners may have an opportunity of applying for the work?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir William Joynson-Hicks)I understand there are only two or three stations at which officers are so employed for lengthy periods. The question of revising the existing arrangements is at present under consideration by the Commissioner.