§ 38. Sir CHARLES CAYZERasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the comments of Major-General Sir Llewellyn Atcherley, His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, with regard to the need for improved staff organisation in the detection of crime; whether this officer has already on a previous occasion emphasised this need; and whether the authorities propose to take any action to give effect to his views?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir John Gilmour)Measures for improving police organisation in regard to the detection of crime, to which General Atcherley has referred in his recent annual reports, are constantly under review. A difficulty, as he points out, arises from the large number of separate police forces, but steps are taken as opportunity offers to secure greater co-ordination between them and I hope that still further progress can be made at no distant date.