Clause 48 - Penalty notices in respect of graffiti or
Anti-social Behaviour Bill
5:00 pm
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Coventry North East, Labour)
Local authorities have powers to issue fixed penalty notices for littering or dog fouling. The hon. Lady asked about the extent to which such powers are used and the extent to which local
authorities apply fixed penalty notices. We might be able to shed some light on that when we come to Government amendment No. 244, through which we intend to allow people to keep the money that is generated and to plough it back into services. That might lead to a step change in the extent to which some of those powers are used.
I think that I have covered all the points, so I had better sit down.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 48 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 49 ordered to stand part of the Bill.