§ Dr. Blackburnasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the date of the next meeting of committee E of the police negotiating board.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThis is a matter for the board's independent secretariat. I understand, however, that the next meeting is scheduled for 27 May.
§ Dr. Blackburnasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the change in the number of police preserved rate widows since 25 February 1986.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Dr. Blackburnasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the cases in which he has failed to implement agreed negotiated decisions of committee E of the police negotiating board.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThis has happened once: in the case of the recent recommended increase in the pensions payable to the widows of police officers who retired before 1 April 1956.
§ Dr. Blackburnasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met committee E of the police negotiating board.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo such meeting has taken place.
§ Dr. Blackburnasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider granting a place on committee E of the police negotiating board to the National Association of Retired Police Officers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo. The Edmund-Davies committee considered carefully, and rejected, the case for the national association to be represented on the negotiating body. We agree with the committee's conclusion.