§ Mr. ISAACSasked the Home Secretary, with regard to the case of ex-Constable Allsopp, if he is aware that Allsopp was charged with drunkenness when off duty; that at the time he was suggested to be drunk his sub-divisional inspector reported him clean and sober; that he was suspended from duty without a doctor's certificate; and that before such suspension he was sent out for another tour of duty; if a definite charge of drunkenness was made against Allsopp and, if so, was he found guilty of that charge; is he aware that the words used to Inspector Fisher when he represented himself on the telephone as P.C. Piggott were "Thanks very much"; and if, in view of the nature of the evidence against Allsopp, he will direct an inquiry into the facts, with a view to Allsopp's reinstatement in the Force?
§ Mr. CLYNESI am aware that one of the charges against ex-Police Constable Allsopp was drunkenness when off duty, and that his sub-divisional inspector reported him as clean and sober when he saw him, but this was some hours after928W by the statistics, are shown below with the equivalent prices per 4 lb. loaf in sterling, converted at the rates of exchange current in January, 1930. The figures are defined as relating to prices of white bread, but there is no further indication of the precise qualities to which they severally relate.
he had been originally reported drunk, and in view of the lapse of time examination by a doctor would have served no useful purpose. He performed only three hours of a tour of duty on the following day before the decision that he was suspended, and was then withdrawn from duty. He was not found guilty of the charge of drunkenness. I am aware that his remarks to Inspector Fisher included the words "Thanks very much" made in a sarcastic manner after receipt of a verbal order from the inspector. I think it only right to add that the further charges to which I referred in reply to a previous question included the use of grossly obscene language to a telephone operator, and I propose to send to my hon. Friend a copy of the report dealing with this charge. The case has already been very carefully considered, and I am satisfied that there is no occasion for any further inquiry into it.