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Mr. Home Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to consider the implications in Scotland of the North report on road traffic law.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport indicated in his reply on 12 April, at columns 79–80, to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Colchester, North (Sir A.
| Court | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
| Aberdeen | 9,181 | 6,571 | 6,119 | 5,700 | 5,330 |
| Airdrie | 4,226 | 2,863 | 3,215 | 3,159 | 2,749 |
| Alloa | 1,586 | 1,192 | 1,299 | 1,128 | 1,124 |
| Arbroalh | 1,734 | 1,119 | 1,150 | 1,308 | 1,244 |
| Ayr | 3,666 | 3,282 | 3,294 | 3,794 | 3,862 |
| Banff | 828 | 377 | 415 | 434 | 453 |
| Campbeltown | 332 | 298 | 281 | 325 | 305 |
| Cupar | 1,202 | 1,032 | 1,033 | 955 | 1,118 |
| Dingwall | 956 | 648 | 642 | 737 | 840 |
| Dornoch | 426 | 494 | 329 | 236 | 250 |
| Dumbarton | 4,011 | 3,527 | 3,564 | 3,574 | 3,665 |
| Dumfries | 6,193 | 5,179 | 6,249 | 5,347 | 4,868 |
| Dundee | 6,537 | 5,134 | 5,032 | 5,350 | 5,538 |
| Dunfermline | 3,843 | 2,947 | 2,784 | 3,146 | 2,990 |
| Dunoon | 1,232 | 1,220 | 1,222 | 1,077 | 980 |
| Duns | 443 | 255 | 246 | 225 | 228 |
| Edinburgh | 23,491 | 12,073 | 11,767 | 11,871 | 14,616 |
| Elgin | 1,793 | 1,318 | 1,338 | 1,431 | 1,426 |
| Falkirk | 4,987 | 3,099 | 3,166 | 3,558 | 3,105 |
| Forfar | 1,411 | 1,072 | 1,323 | 1,027 | 1,019 |
| Fort William | 433 | 530 | 559 | 536 | 586 |
| Glasgow | 15,553 | 18,227 | 15,320 | 9,490 | 11,752 |
| Greenock | 2,969 | 2,488 | 2,290 | 2,015 | 2,053 |
| Haddington | 1,594 | 1,172 | 1,315 | 1,231 | 1,052 |
| Hamilton | 9,297 | 6,167 | 6,578 | 5,982 | 6,010 |
| Inverness | 2,616 | 2,175 | 2,564 | 2,090 | 2,198 |
| Jedburgh | 831 | 402 | 525 | 484 | 497 |
| Kilmarnock | 6,637 | 5,433 | 4,767 | 5,691 | 5,687 |
| Kirkcaldy | 4,486 | 3,853 | 3,294 | 3,336 | 4,113 |
| Kirkcudbright | 280 | 223 | 252 | 338 | 357 |
| Kirkwall | 346 | 517 | 568 | 640 | 602 |
| Lanark | 1,514 | 880 | 1,204 | 1,040 | 1,042 |
| Lerwick | 531 | 536 | 683 | 563 | 531 |
| Linlithgow | 4,238 | 2,586 | 3,197 | 3,178 | 2,939 |
| Lochmaddy | 204 | 159 | 204 | 111 | 155 |
| Oban | 440 | 392 | 410 | 367 | 442 |
| Paisley | 6,000 | 5,330 | 6,750 | 6,801 | 6,008 |
| Peebles | 506 | 392 | 371 | 338 | 279 |
| Perth | 5,974 | 3,263 | 4,110 | 3,416 | 3,729 |
| Peterhead | 884 | 808 | 932 | 722 | 687 |
| Portree | 250 | 191 | 202 | 269 | 192 |
| Rothesay | 329 | 385 | 336 | 250 | 293 |
| Selkirk | 872 | 504 | 444 | 501 | 376 |
| Stirling | 3,420 | 2,526 | 3,023 | 3,380 | 3,029 |
| Stonehaven | 1,736 | 880 | 1,052 | 1,005 | 794 |
| Stornoway | 407 | 496 | 428 | 510 | 439 |
| Stranraer | 1,356 | 1,003 | 1,056 | 1,070 | 1,144 |
| Tain | 914 | 639 | 660 | 631 | 539 |
| Wick | 511 | 535 | 579 | 661 | 561 |
| Total | 158,014 | 116,392 | 118,141 | 111,194 | 113,796 |
Buck), the Government welcome the report of the road traffic law review conducted under Dr. North's chairmanship and will be pressing on with consideration of its recommendations. Many of these are relevant to Scotland and we shall consider them in consultation with colleagues responsible for these matters in England and Wales.