§ Dr. Boysonasked the Minister for the Civil Service in view of his reply on 24th January 1977 regarding the pay of the 10 Ministry of Defence chief police officers, if he will make a further statement as to what are the difficult issues involved, bearing in mind that this matter now goes back to July 1975 and is still not settled.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisAs I have recently stated, the matter is under active consideration with my ministerial colleagues. There are a number of very difficult national pay policy points to be resolved. The case requires full and careful study in this wider context.