§ 61. Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many representations he has received from the north-east region in favour of random breath testing.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyCurrent pressures for the introduction of random breath testing reflect society's hardening attitude towards the drinking driver.
The Association of Chief Police Officers has said that it would like to be given wider powers to stop and test drivers. On 1 February, at column 251, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in answering a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Derby, North (Mr. Knight), set out the three options under consideration in response to the police request and invited views by 30 April.
We are now bringing the amount of drinking and driving down more effectively in this country than is the case elsewhere. What matters is that we should continue to change public attitudes and behaviour.