§ Sir R. Russellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of occasions in the past three years on which leave for members of the Metropolitan Police has been cancelled or postponed because of political demonstrations or marches; and whether all the arrears of leave has now been made up.
§ Mr. WoodhouseI regret that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only by a detailed check at every police station in the Metropolitan Police District. But officers who have to do duty on what would otherwise have been their rest days are entitled to payment in lieu, if the appropriate time off has not been granted within three months.