§ 29. Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that uniformed police constables of the Metropolitan Force of suitable attainments for admission to the special plainclothes branch are being advised by their superior officers to remain in the uniformed branch on account of the poor prospects of promotion in the Criminal Investigation Department; and whether he will inquire into this matter with a view to making the special branch more attractive to men of superior ability?
§ Mr. CLYNESI am informed by the Commissioner of Police that he is not aware of any specific instance of superior officers of the uniform force advising constables in the sense suggested. It is, however, the case that promotion has for some time been slower in the Criminal Investigation Department than in the uniform force, and the Commissioner is at present considering what steps, if any, can be taken to adjust the position.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEIs not this another instance of Press exaggeration?