HC Deb 18 January 1993 vol 217 c15W
Mr. Tim Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what comments and advice were received from the Association of Chief Police Officers in answer to his consultation document on the evening opening of betting shops.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Neither the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland nor the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland were opposed to the evening opening of betting offices, though both favoured the continuation of a prescribed latest closing time.