Captain SHAWasked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware of the inequalities which exist in the terms of service for police constables in Scotland as compared with the terms of service for police constables in England, especially the inequalities as regards pensions, allowances, and gratuities; and if he will say what steps he proposes to take to remove these inequalities, in respect of which a Select Committee of the House of Commons reported in 1901 that there should not be so great a difference in the attractions provided by the English as against the Scottish police service?
§ Mr. MUNROThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The matters referred to come within the terms of reference of the Committee recently appointed by my right hon.1946W Friend the Home Secretary, whose inquiry will extend to the Scottish as well as the English police.