New Clause 3 - Relief of small motor salvage operatorsfrom excessive expense and bookkeeping, etc.
Vehicles (Crime) Bill
12:45 pm
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield, Conservative)
Yes. The Minister might be sympathetic to the broad principle. He has mentioned several times in this Committee that he is unwilling to put unreasonable burdens on businesses. By extension, I suspect that he is also unwilling to put unreasonable burdens on hobbyists, particularly when they provide a valuable service in offering spare parts—legitimately—to those who run motor cycles and cars for which spare parts are not normally commercially available. I hope that he will say that a sliding scale of charges will apply to people who operate businesses at a low level.