§ Mr. CADOGAN (by Private Notice)asked the Home Secretary whether the Board set up to inquire into the appeal of a superintendent of the Metropolitan Police against his dismissal from the force has reported that the charges made against him were unfounded; and whether it is possible for him to make any statement?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe Board of Inquiry to which my hon. Friend refers has found the charges to have been proved and is unable to recommend any revision of the sentence; and after considering the board's report, I have dismissed the appeal. My hon. Friend's question is no doubt based on a categorical statement which appeared last Wednesday in a London newspaper that the board had decided that the superintendent had been wrongfully dismissed and had stated in their report that the charges against him were unfounded. I am sure the House will share my view that it was on every ground deplorable that currency should have been given to this false statement.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEMay I ask the name of that newspaper?
§ Sir J. GILMOURYes, Sir. It was the "Daily Express."