Clause 4 - Procedure for dealing with complaints
High Hedges Bill
10:45 am
Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North, Labour)
I echo the comments of the two hon. Gentlemen who have just spoken.
On Second Reading, I expressed the concern that the fee should be small enough not to deter the less wealthy from applying for hedges to be trimmed. I also believe that local authorities should be able to charge difficult neighbours who refuse to trim their hedges, but that would complicate the Bill and I do not wish to delay it. That is, perhaps, a thought for the future.