§ 30 and 31. Mr. Partridgeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what consideration he has recently given to the recommendation in the Report from the Select Committee on Estimates of Session 1957–58 that police authorities should be prohibited from prematurely retiring active, able and efficient superintendents or other officers for the sole purpose of improving the rate of promotion in their forces;
(2) what steps he has taken or proposes to take following the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Police that he should instruct police authorities not to cause the arbitrary and automatic retirement of fit and able policemen by the misuse of powers contained in Regulation 52 of the Police Pensions Regulations, 1955.
§ Mr. WoodhouseMy right hon. Friend is considering this matter, with the other recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Police, in consultation with the representative police and local authority associations.