HC Deb 06 March 1978 vol 945 cc453-4W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what have been the figures for prosecutions and convictions for drink and driving charges for the latest convenient period of time; and whether he will consider the introduction of breathalysers on the vehicles to enable drivers to test themselves before driving.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Numbers of proceedings and findings of guilt at magistrates' courts and at the Crown court in England and Wales in 1976 for offences of driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs are published in "Offences relating to motor vehicles 1976". The matter raised in the second part of the Question is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport.