§ 74. Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied with the existing arrangements for ensuring that adequate safety precautions are taken at football grounds and other places of public entertainment; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe problem of crowd behaviour at football grounds is at present being studied by a working party set up at the suggestion of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science. The statutory power to control safety precautions at football grounds is confined to means of ingress to and egress from stands. There is power to require safety precautions at most other places of public entertainment; if my hon. Friend has in mind a particular place where arrangements appear inadequate I would be glad to make inquiries.