§ 42. Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many chief constables have been dismissed under section 5 of the Police Act 1964 since the Act came into force.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggOne chief constable has been dismissed under section 29(1) of the Act, which empowers my right hon. Friend to require a police authority to exercise its power under section 5(4) to call upon the chief constable to retire in the interests of efficiency.