Clause 16 - Requirement of Registration forRegistration Plate Suppliers
Vehicles (Crime) Bill
12:00 pm
Mr Charles Clarke (Minister of State, Home Office; Norwich South, Labour)
I am particularly affected by lawyers. My boss is a lawyer, his boss is a lawyer and my ministerial colleagues in the Department are all lawyers. I also am proud not to be a lawyer.
Speaking seriously, I do not believe that the 27,000 businesses are going to go to their lawyers for advice and incur the legal costs involved. I would expect them to take advice from the British Number Plate Association, as many trade organisations do, without requiring expensive legal advice on these matters. The Government, the DVLA and the association will all provide good advice in a consultative way. There is no need for large numbers of businesses to seek legal advice on these matters. I hope that I have dealt with all the points.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 16 ordered to stand part of the Bill.