§ Mr. John Pageasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the occasions to date on which police assistance has been requested at matches during the Springbok Rugby tour, the numbers of police engaged on each occasion, the numbers of police injured, the numbers of arrests made and the penalties, conveniently grouped, received by those subsequently found guilty, and the numbers charged who were subsequently acquitted.
§ Mr. RossPolice were in attendance at the Springbok matches held in Aberdeen on 2nd December and in Edinburgh on 6th December. There were initially 63 police officers within the ground at Aberdeen and 300 at Edinburgh but in both cases reserves were called in to deal with the trouble which arose. One policeman was injured at Aberdeen and six at Edinburgh. 97 arrests were made at Aberdeen and 27 at Edinburgh. None of those arrested at Aberdeen has yet appeared before the court; at Edinburgh408W one person was fined £40 for breach of the peace and the remainder pleaded not guilty and have not yet come to trial.