HC Deb 12 December 1988 vol 143 c461W
Sir Ian Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call for and publish a detailed analysis of the offences committed by, or reasons given for stopping and breathalysing, the 300 motorists who were stopped and breathalysed on leaving the varsity match at Twickenham on 6 December.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I understand from the commissioner that 408 motorists were stopped in the vicinity of Twickenham rugby stadium on 6 December under the provisions of section 159 of the Road Traffic Act 1972. One hundred and seventy five drivers were required to provide speciments of breath under the provisions of section 7(1) of the 1972 Act. All the tests were negative.