§ 21. Mr. Websterasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied that there are adequate police forces to enforce the new speed limits on motorways and classified roads; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe previously unrestricted roads to which the experimental 70 m.p.h. speed limit applies are regularly patrolled by the police, and the degree to which adequate enforcement is achieved will be one of the factors to be taken into account in assessing the results of the experiment.
§ 22. Mr. Websterasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what communications he has received from chief constables on the enforcement of the new speed limits.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsMy Department has been in close and continuing touch with 91W representative chief officers of police about this matter; but it is in accordance with practice that the communications should be confidential.