§ Mr. HICKSasked the Home Secretary whether it is proposed to publish the minutes of evidence given before the Higgins Committee on the pay of new entrants to the police force; and, if not, to what extent Lord Trenchard's proposals, as embodied in his annual Report, were placed before the committee?
§ Sir J. GILMOURIt is not proposed to publish the minutes of evidence given before this committee. They were appointed to recommend scales of pay for new entrants to the ranks of sergeant and constable in all the police forces in the country, and the proposals for the general reorganisation of the Metropolitan Police Force were not within the scope of their inquiry.