Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the introduction of a lower drink-drive limit in Scotland; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of introducing a similar limit in England and Wales.

The Government has no plans to lower the drink drive limit. We believe that rigorous enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers are a more effective deterrent than changing the drink driving limit.

A fundamental review on drink and drug driving was commissioned in 2009. My Hon Friend can read the coalition government’s response here, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-governments-response-to-the-reports-by-sir-peter-north-cbe-qc-and-the-transport-select-committee-on-drink-and-drug-driving, with which this Government agrees.