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(3) under what legal authority the Special Patrol Group organises random road blocks and random stops and searches of motorists.
Dr. Summerskill: Members of the Special Patrol Group have only the same powers as other police officers. In organ- ising road blocks or stopping vehicles, the police act not at random but only where they consider that this would assist in the prevention or detection of crime. Section 159 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 empowers a police officer in uniform to stop any vehicle. In addition, Section 66 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 authorises the police to stop, search and detain vehicles and their occupants where there is reason to suspect that goods stolen cor unlawfully obtained may be found. Various other statutes authorise the searching of persons under certain condi- tions; the police may also search a vehicle with the consent of the driver...
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Details of vehicles stopped by the Special Patrol Group are kept in the records of the police area where they occur and are not recorded centrally. The information requested could not there- fore be obtained without disproportionate cost.
ENERGY
Power Station Construction Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Energy what information he has on the comparative construction time required for the building of a 2,000 MW power station in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany and Japan.
Mr. Eadie Information on compara- tive construction time was published in December 1976 by the National Economic Development Office, for power stations in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Federal Republic of Germany. The study was not extended to Japan nor did it apply to 2,000 MW stations other than the two United King- dom examples quoted.
Coal
Mr. Kenneth Clarke asked the Secre- tary of State for Energy whether the Gov-
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ernment support the submissions of the National Coal Board to the EEC seeking protection from imports of cheaper coal from outside the EEC, the subsidy of sales and stockpiling of power station coal and the subsidy of new coal-fired electricity generating capacity; and whether he will make a statement of the Government's policy on each of these proposals.
Mr. Eadie: Yes: the Government have supported the proposals brought to the Council of Ministers on coal stocking aid, financial assistance for the provision of additional coal-burning electricity gener- ating capacity, aid for intra-Community sales of power station coal and the sur- veillance of third country imports. Un- fortunately to date only the latter bas met with acceptance. We shall continue to press the Community for recognition of the vital role of our indigenous coal industries both now and in the future.
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Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Independent Commission Against Corruption investigated the complaint of irregularities at the Golden Jubilee Secondary School, Hong Kong; and if the findings of the Independent Commis- sion Against Corruption prove that the Education Department was misleading.
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Mr. Laard: The Independent Com- mission Against Corruption investigated allegations involving corruption made by three teachers of the Golden Jubilee School. No evidence of corruption was found. At the request of the complainants the Education Department was not in- formed of the investigations at the time.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report the terms of the petition presented to the Governor of Hong Kong by the Profes- sional Teachers Union and supported by 24 Roman Catholic priests concerning the closure of the Golden Jubilee Secondary School.
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