§ 56. Mrs. Braddockasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the special overtime allowance announced to be paid to the Criminal Investigation Department and others in the Metropolitan Police applies to other areas such as Liverpool, Manchester and Hull, where overtime has been worked due to industrial disputes.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeI approved, under Regulation 27 of the Police Regulations, the payment of special allowances to detective officers below the rank of superintendent and to inspectors and chief inspectors of the uniform branch in respect of each period of twelve hours' duty performed in the Metropolitan Police District during the emergency on any day other than a weekly rest day or a bank holiday. No representations have been made to me with a view to payment of similar allowances in any other part of the country. I should be prepared to consider sympathetically an application for approval of a special allowance from any police authority in whose force the hours of duty worked during the emergency were substantially the same as in the Metropolitan Police District but the matter is one in the first instance for the police authority.
§ Mrs. BraddockI thank the Minister for that reply. Does it mean that watch committees must make application? The right hon. and gallant Gentleman must be aware that under Regulation 17, 1952, plain clothes men cannot themselves make application for overtime allowance. Am I right in thinking that the local police authority must first make a recommendation?
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeYes, Sir. That happened in London in respect of plain clothes men. An application was made, and it was granted. I shall be happy sympathetically to consider similar applications in respect of plain clothes men from other forces.