§ 104. Mr. Sumnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that two policemen living in Knockholt, Kent, and formerly carrying out their duties there, have been put on duty in Farnborough while the policing of Knockholt is carried out by police motor-cycle patrols from Farnborough; whether he will emphasise to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis the practical and traditional 100W value of the village policeman in the Metropolitan area; and if he will require him to restore these policemen to their former duties in Knockholt.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerWith the spread of mechanisation, substantial changes in the policing of outer London must be accepted in the interests of overall efficiency. I am aware of those which have been made at Knockholt, which are a matter for the Commissioner of Police.