HC Deb 29 November 1977 vol 940 cc122-3W
Mr. Goodlad

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what has been the net increase or decrease in the number of policemen serving in the Cheshire Constabulary in each of the past five years;

(2) what has been the manning level of the Cheshire Constabulary as a percentage of establishment at the beginning of each of the past five years.

Dr. Summerskill

The figures are as follows:

if he will undertake to publish the report in full; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The committee will be examining negotiating machinery and the rôle and constitution of the police representative bodies as well as pay. How and when the committee reports must be for it to decide, but I expect it to report on police pay without waiting to complete its study of all aspects of its terms of reference. I will consider the form of publication when the committee reports.