Public Bill Committees
Vehicles (Crime) Bill

• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 1st sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Table (20 speeches)
    May I start our formal business by welcoming you, Mr. O'Brien, and your colleague, Mr. Sayeed, to the Chair of the Committee—the proceedings of which I am sure will be positive. My first...
  • Clause 16 - Requirement of Registration forRegistration Plate Suppliers (59 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 17 - Register of Registration Plate Suppliers (36 speeches)
    Mr. Bercow: I beg to move amendment No. 17, in page 9, line 33, after `register', insert `shall be based on the return of a standard form and'.
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jonathan Sayeed in the Chair]
  • Clause 17 - Register of registration plate suppliers (17 speeches)
    Amendment proposed, [this day]: No. 4, in page 9, line 35, leave out `and such fee (if any) as may be prescribed,'.—[Mr. Chidgey.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 18 - Applications for registration. (51 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 19, in page 10, line 18, leave out `may be set with a view to recovering' and insert `shall be set only in order to recover'. The purport of the amendment will be...
  • Clause 20 - Cancellation of registration by the Secretary of State (14 speeches)
    With this it will be convenient to take amendment No. 21, in page 10, line 41, at end insert `without good cause or reason'.
  • Clause 21 - Right to make representations: Part II (28 speeches)
    ``a person appointed by the Secretary of State'' and insert ``an independent adjudicator''. The amendment is intended to ensure that an individual registered plate supplier who is subject to...
  • Clause 22 - Appeals: Part II (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 25, in page 12, line 11, at end insert— `(2A) The Secretary of State may extend the period specified in subsection (2) where he receives representations in...
  • Clause 23 - Keeping of Records: Part II (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 3rd sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Bowen Wells in the Chair]
  • Clause 24 - Provision of information on sale of registration plates (7 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 25 - Rights to enter and inspect premises (65 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 26, in page 13, leave out lines 14 to 47 and insert— `(1) A justice of the peace may issue a warrant authorising a constable or (as the case may be) an...
  • Clause 26 - Notification requirements: Part II (18 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 28, in page 14, line 8, leave out `28' and insert `14'.
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Bowen Wells in the Chair]
  • Clause 31 - Provision of documents etc. on vehicle licence applications (15 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 32 - Issue of new registration documents: vehicle identity checks etc. (30 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 13, in page 16, line 28, after `identity', insert `and safety'.
  • Clause 33 - Imposition of requirements concerning registration plates (57 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 55, in page 18, leave out lines 22 and 23 and insert `relating to their size, shape and material of manufacture only.'
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Requirement of registration formotor salvage operators (34 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 33, in page 1, line 22, at end insert— `(2A) For the purposes of this Part a person carries on business as a car park operator if he carries on a business which...
  • Clause 2 - Registers of motor salvage operators (24 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 34, in page 2, line 37, at end add— `(12) The local authority shall waive fees under subsection (9) and (10) for the police.'.
  • Clause 3 - Applications for Registration andRenewal of Registration (93 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 66, in page 2, line 40, leave out from `concerned' to end of line 41 and insert `on a standard form; and'.
  • Clause 4 - Cancellation of registration (14 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 69, in clause 4, page 3, line 31, leave out `28' and insert `60'.
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Clause 4 - Cancellation of registration (20 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 69, in page 3, line 31, leave out `28' and insert `60'.—[Mr. Bercow.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 5 - Right to make representations (29 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 72, in page 4, line 9, leave out `and'.
  • Clause 6 - Appeals (39 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 73, in page 5, line 12, at end insert— `(2A) The Secretary of State may extend the period specified in subsection (2) where he receives representations in...
  • Clause 7 - Keeping of records (22 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 9 - Rights to enter and inspect premises (36 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 40, in page 6, line 8, after `yard', insert `or other premises'.
  • Clause 10 - Notification requirements (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 75, in page 7, line 4, leave out `(1),'.
  • Clause 11 - Offence of giving false particulars on sale for salvage (11 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 12 - Application of ``fit and proper'' test to companies etc. (17 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 13 - Proceedings for offences under Part I (10 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 14 - Power to amend or repeal private or local acts (59 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. Mr. Bercow rose—
  • Clause 15 - Interpretation of Part I (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 46, in page 15, page 8, line 16, leave out `substantial'. As the word ``substantial'' is superfluous, I move that it be deleted. Mr. Bercow rose—
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jonathan Sayeed in the Chair]
  • Clause 15 - Interpretation of part I (6 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [16 January]: No. 46, in page 8, line 16, leave out the word `substantial'.—[Mr. Bob Russell.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 34 - Notification by scrap metal dealers of destruction of motor vehicles (70 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 80, in page 19, line 8, leave out `may' and insert `shall'. I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Sayeed, and we look forward to good constructive progress in the course of...
  • Clause 35 - Access to certain motor insurance information (17 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 83, in page 20, line 6, leave out `such information of a particular description' and insert `specific aspects contained therein'.
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 8th sitting (43 speeches)
  [Mr. Jonathan Sayeed in the Chair]
  • Clause 36 - Taking a conveyance without authority:extension of prosecution time-limits (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 87, in page 20, line 34, leave out `any' and insert `the'. The clause relates to the taking of a conveyance without authority and the extension of time limits for...
  • Clause 37 - Funding of certain magistrates' courts' costsrelating to vehicle crime (47 speeches)
    I beg to move, amendment No. 51, in page 21, line 11, leave out `may' and insert `shall'.
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 9th sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Clause 38 - Offences by bodies corporate (20 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 89, in page 22, line 16, after `managed', insert `or controlled'. Thank you, Mr. O'Brien. I welcome you back to the Chair. A point of absolute consensus would be that...
  • Clause 39 - Service of notices (15 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 40 - Orders and regulations under this act (33 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 90, in page 23, leave out lines 29 and 30. The clause deals with orders and regulations under the Act. The amendment proposes to delete lines 29 and 30, and its...
  • Schedule - Consequential amendments (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the schedule be the schedule to the Bill.
  • New Clause 2 - Registration of car park operators (42 speeches)
    `.—(1) Any person who carries on business as a car park operator in the area of a local authority without being registered for that area by the authority shall be guilty of an offence and...
  • New Clause 3 - Relief of small motor salvage operatorsfrom excessive expense and bookkeeping, etc. (28 speeches)
    ``(1) Where a person who carries on the business of a motor salvage operator has a turnover from the activities that are specified in section 1(2) of less than £1,000,000 per annum, the...
• Vehicles (Crime) Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • New Clause 3 - Relief of small motor salvage operators from excessive expense and bookkeeping, etc (28 speeches)
    `.—(1) Where a person who carries on the business of a motor salvage operator has a turnover from the activities that are specified in section 1(2) of less than £1,000,000 per annum,...
  • New Clause 9 - Revenue (31 speeches)
    `After section 2 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 there shall be inserted— ``2A. The Secretary of State shall make provision for any revenue raised as a result of an offence...