New Clause 1 - Offence of impersonating a licensed security operative and/or approved contractor
Private Security Industry Bill [Lords]
5:00 pm
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
If the right hon. Gentleman presses his new clause to a Division, we will support it. We agree with what he says. Unfortunately, there will be an opportunity for people who are more ingenious than honest to trade in badges and apparent identification documents. We agree with him that the Bill would be stronger if such a provision, with the criminal sanctions applied to it, were included in it. We will listen with interest to the Minister's response to the right hon. Gentleman's new clause, but we support it and the spirit that lies behind it.