§ 94. Dame Irene Wardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement on his recent meeting with the Police Federation regarding police reorganisation.
§ Mr. MaudlingI received a deputation from the Police Federation on 19th January. I told the deputation that I adhered to the principle that police areas should be based on the local government areas proposed in the Local Government Bill. But I undertook to examine, consistently with this principle, certain suggestions186W made by the Federation with the object of reducing disturbance to individual officers.