§ 12. Mr. HAMER RUSSELLasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any police record is kept of cases in which a person who has been proved to have been in charge of a motor car while under the influence of drink has been dealt with under the Probation of Offenders Act; and whether he will consider an alteration in the law to pre vent the Probation of Offenders Act in connection with this class of offence from being applicable to persons holding public appointments?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir John Gilmour)Yes, Sir; records are kept, and statistics of cases so dealt with are included in the annual Returns of Offences relating to motor vehicles which are presented to Parliament. As regards the second part of the question, I should deprecate any suggestion that in the application of the criminal law there should be a differentiation between persons holding public appointments and other persons.