§ 30. Mr. Doddsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters have been sent on to him in respect of requests that increases in police pay may be made retrospective; what further consideration he has given to the matter; and what progress has been made.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeAs regards the first part of the Question, I have received letters on this subject from 140 hon. Members. Many of them forwarded to me letters from their constituents, but no record was kept of the number of such letters, which were largely in stereotyped terms. As regards the second and third part of the Question, I would refer the hon. Member to the statement which I 57W made on 12th July. I am in consultation with the associations of police authorities and cannot at present add anything further to that statement.