Clause 45 - Closure of noisy premises
Anti-social Behaviour Bill
3:15 pm
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
I can be brief, although as the amendments are minor, we could have a stand part debate on the clause.
I too received the LGA briefing-as, no doubt, have many other Committee members. It states that although the suggested closure powers for noisy premises relate only to public nuisance, most noise nuisances are private nuisances. Under the clause as drafted, the usefulness of the power is limited, and the LGA wants it to be extended to include private nuisances. That is worthy of debate. I will listen with interest to what the Minister has to say in response to the Liberal Democrat amendments. After that, we might deal with some of the wider issues on noise nuisance in the stand part debate.