§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many, and what, football grounds in Scotland play is stopped upon instructions from his Department during an alert?
Mr. JohnstonPlay at a football match may, as a general rule, continue after an alert until an alarm is given by a roof-spotter; but chief constables have discretion to require play to be suspended on the alert where it is considered that undue risk would be involved in continuance thereafter. I have no information as to the number of grounds at which such a requirement has been imposed.