Clause 11 - Power to require specimens of breath at roadside or at hospital etc.
Road Safety Bill
3:15 pm
Mr Christopher Chope (Shadow Minister, Environment and Transport; Christchurch, Conservative)
We have had a good debate on this clause. I very much support what the Minister said about the undesirability of harassing motorists with random drug testing, which is in line with our policy. What the Minister said, in effect, in answer to the point made by the hon. Member for Stafford, was that the wording of the White Paper was empty phrasing because there was no need to change the law at that stage. The Government realised that, but it made a good story for the road safety lobby. I do not ask the Minister to accept that in public, although he may do so in private.