39. Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give details of the new instructions which have been given to police laboratories to prevent mistakes being made with regard to blood or urine analyses taken from motorists; when these new safeguards will be in operation; and whether he is satisfied as to their accuracy.
§ 47. Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of blood-alcohol tests on drivers, in view of the serious error in 318W the blood-alcohol analysis taken by his Department's forensic laboratory at Cardiff on a man killed in a tractor accident.
§ Mr. TaverneI would refer the hon. Members to the Answer which my right hon. Friend gave on 21st April, 1967 to a Question by the hon. Member for Runcorn (Mr. Carlisle).