Clause 1 - Closure notice
Anti-social Behaviour Bill
10:45 am
Mr Matthew Green (Ludlow, Liberal Democrat)
Will the hon. Gentleman explain the manner in which a local authority that wishes to close down a crack house that the police do not wish to close down will serve notice? There is a growing problem with gun crime in this country and much of it is associated with drugs. The next step I can envisage is that the Conservatives will propose that we have armed local authority officers who will be able to serve notice on crack houses. Is that the logic of the amendment, or does it mean that if local authority officers have served notice, armed police are then required to accompany them to do something that they do not wish to do? There is a degree of ambiguity and I would like the hon. Gentleman to explain his position.