HC Deb 14 August 1913 vol 56 cc2677-8W
Mr. WILES

asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the advisability of raising the wages of station sergeants in the Metropolitan Police Force, having regard to the fact that their duties and responsibilities are now nearly as great as those of inspectors?

Mr. McKENNA

The pay of the station sergeant is from 50s. to 53s. a week, and I cannot see my way to single out this rank for increase. There has been no recent variation made in their duties and responsibilities, and the officers, after holding that rank for a time, may, in the ordinary course, count upon promotion to the rank of inspector.