Clause 3 - Applications for Registration andRenewal of Registration
Vehicles (Crime) Bill
11:45 am
Mr Charles Clarke (Minister of State, Home Office; Norwich South, Labour)
No, it is not specifically, but rather it responds to the points made by the hon. Member for Vale of York—it acknowledges that different fees can be payable in different circumstances.
Following the earlier debate about different scales of operation, the hon. Gentleman is right to say that one could imagine a different charging regime. The issue is not as acute for the salvage industry as it is for number plate suppliers. The hon. Gentleman will recall that there are approximately 27,000 number plate suppliers covering a much wider range of type of enterprise, if I can put it like that. Although there is a range in relation to the 3,000 salvage operators, it is not as great, so the issues are not quite as sharp.