§ 96. Mr. Edeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the result of his further consultations with the Police Council and with particular interests represented thereon on 196W the possibility of implementing the second part of the Oaksey Committee's Report; and on what subjects there remains a cleavage of opinion.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeA valuable discussion on the subject of police negotiating machinery took place at the Police Council over which I presided on 5th November. A few questions are still at issue, but I am encouraged to think that even on these questions the differences of view were considerably narrowed, although I would not wish to suggest that anything like complete agreement has yet been reached. The central and local government authorities are now reexamining their attitude to the outstanding questions in the light of the discussions at the Council, and at this stage I would prefer to avoid any risk of prejudicing the position by referring to any particular subjects as still revealing a cleavage of opinion.