To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Bedfordshire on the requirement for citizens of the United Kingdom participating in the Ampthill games on 4 November to divulge their names and addresses to the Bedfordshire police; what information he has on any similar requirement imposed on internationally famous sportsmen when participating in similar games in the United Kingdom; and what is the Government's policy on such requirements.

The police have no power to require those who participate in sporting events to disclose their names and addresses. I understand that the police did not ask for this information in the case to which the hon. Member refers. The information was provided voluntarily by the organisers.