HC Deb 06 May 1943 vol 389 cc293-4
41. Mr. Ammon

asked the Home Secretary why members of the regular police force are being called to the Armed Services and younger men of the war reserve police retained?

Mr. H. Morrison

My hon. Friend appears to be under a misapprehension. The police war reservists who have been retained are those who were over 30 on 1st May, 1942; whereas the call up of regular police under the National Service Acts applies to men under 25 at the date of registration, that is, to men born after 9th March, 1915.