§ Mr. Molloyasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he is now able to 772W announce the membership and terms of reference of the committee to inquire into the pay of those public sector police forces not covered by the recommendations of the Edmund-Davies report on police pay and related matters.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisMy right hon. and noble Friend the Lord Privy Seal has appointed Mr. Eric Wright, C.B., a former Deputy Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office, to chair the committee, and Sir James Haughton, C.B.E., formerly Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, and Sir Frederick Hayday, C.B.E., a former chairman of the TUC, to be members of the committee.
The committee's terms of reference will be:
To examine the relevance of the recommendations of the Edmund-Davies Committee to the pay and conditions of service and responsibilities of the other police forces in the public sector whose rates of pay have in the past, directly or indirectly, followed those of the Home Departments' forces; to recommend for each police force what the appropriate pay relativity should be with the Home Departments' forces.The committee has been asked to report as soon as possible. Its recommendations will form a basis for subsequent negotiations on the pay of these police forces.