§ Mr. SITCHasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the fact that a man now serving in the Liverpool City Police Force, and who joined the force since the police strike of August. last, had been previously convicted for burglary and is now retrieving his former character, he will favourably reconsider the reinstatement of the policemen who were dismissed for merely defending a principle, and who had an aggregate number of years' police experience amounting to something like 30,000; and whether these men will be given an opportunity to again serve in the force, especially in view of the present wave of crime, when the benefit of trained policemen cannot be over-estimated?
§ Mr. SHORTTI have not heard of the case referred to, but I am making inquiry. I regret that the question of reinstatement has been finally decided.