§ Mr. Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in the light of the recommendation of the Edmund-Davies committee that the matter should be kept under review, he will now propose that all recruits to the police should be subject to the same minimum height irrespective of sex.
§ Mr. MayhewThe Edmund-Davies committee considered that the application of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 to the police should be kept under review, but made no specific recommendations about minimum height requirements. My right hon. Friend sees no reason to change the present position.