§ 1. Mr. Blakerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to provide for the adoption by the police of a method of monitoring the speeds of vehicles by radar which provides the motorist with a visual record of the results.
§ The Joint Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Elystan Morgan)The Home Office has already begun the process of developing, for use by the police, new measuring devices which would print out readings of vehicle speeds.
§ Mr. BlakerDoes not the Under-Secretary agree that it would be in the interests of good relations between the police and motorists if this could be done, and done fairly soon? When does he expect the results of the inquiries he mentioned to be available?
§ Mr. MorganI should like the House to believe that there are no serious abuses which have appeared in the present system. A great deal of research is involved. It means developing a new upon generation of measuring techniques and this will take some time.