Clause 14 - Register of approved contractors
Private Security Industry Bill [Lords]
12:00 pm
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham, Conservative)
I am grateful for the ruling and explanation that you have just given, Mr. Winterton. I am not a classicist and I am happy to defer to your superior knowledge, and that of those who advise you.
The clause is part of an important set of clauses relating to the approved contractors register. Subsection (3)(e) contains a reference to
``the conditions of the approval.''
Will the Minister confirm that, in cases in which individuals are registered to provide the same services, there will be no difference in the treatment of such individuals? It will help the Committee if he describes the types of conditions that he envisages, and how they may vary from one case to another. For example, if an individual is registered to provide only some of the services that fall within the rubric of the Bill, what form will the conditions take? Will he give examples of other instances in which a person is registered for the provision of a wider range of services? An explanation or enlargement on subsection (3)(e) would be useful.
The Minister will be aware that subsection (4)(b) states:
``securing that such publicity is given to any modification or withdrawal of an approval as will bring it to the attention of person likely to be interested in it.''
That is probably an innocuous provision, but will he explain the types of circumstances that he envisages? Is the significance of the subsection that people who ordinarily use the services of a person who is registered under the terms of the clause would be such individuals who would be notified of a withdrawal or modification? Precisely how would the individuals or groups of people who were to be so informed be decided, and what form would the publicity take? Will it be standard, has it been decided, does it await decision, when would notification occur, and in what form would it be learned?
Subsection (5) refers to the imposition of a fee that the authority considers appropriate. What do the Government have in mind?
On the strength of my brief inquiries, I am happy to rest my case, and I look forward to the Minister's response.