§ 68. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that harbour authorities are still failing to deal with the problem of driftwood in rivers and that people are being drowned as the result of striking driftwood in speedboats; and if he will seek power to reinforce the prosecuting power of harbour authorities by vesting it also in the police or the Director of Public Prosecutions.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI understand that the difficulty is to obtain adequate evidence, and the extension of the power to prosecute would not help with this.