§ Major KELLEYasked the Home Secretary whether he proposes to reconsider the case for the employment of women police; and whether he will investigate the possibility of altering the police court-practice of convicting women for social offences on the sole evidence of police constables?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANAs regards the first part of the question, I am considering this matter, but am not yet in a position to make any statement. As regards the latter part of the question, it is for the courts before which these cases are heard to decide what evidence is necessary to justify a conviction.