§ 18. Major Neven-Spenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why service medals and bars are awarded to special constables who complete specified periods of service, each year of service during war being reckoned as three years, but not to members of the Women's Auxiliary Police Corps, many of whom have served since September, 1939.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThe Special Constabulary long service medal was instituted in 1919. As its name implies, the medal is confined to special constables and it is awarded only in respect of service without pay. It would not be appropriate to extend this medal to the war-time police auxiliaries, whose position must be considered in conjunction with that of the other war-time services.