§ 29. Mr. Goughasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will authorise a thin summer uniform for the Metropolitan Police; and whether, in the meantime, he will authorise police to carry out their duties in shirt-sleeve order during heat waves.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeA summer uniform jacket has been issued to the great majority of uniformed sergeants and constables in the Metropolitan police force, and virtually all those on foot duty will receive one in the course of the next few weeks.