Viscountess Astorasked the Home Secretary whether he will consider making obligatory the present permissive clauses relating to the appointment of women police; and whether he will take steps to see that each police area shall have an adequate quota of attested women?
§ Mr. PeakeThe question whether police women should be employed in any force has always been a matter for the decision of the police authority, and my right hon. Friend does not contemplate any modification of that principle.