Clause 14 - Authorised persons, interested persons and responsible authorities
Licensing Bill [Lords]
10:00 am
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
It may be helpful to the Committee, if I offer an explanation of the grouping of amendments under clause 14. Members will note that with Government amendment No. 11, I have grouped Government amendment No. 15 and the stand part debates on clauses 143 and 151. My antennae have picked up that one or two people have been wondering why those are so grouped. The answer is that Government amendment No. 11 deals, under the terms of clause 14, with matters relating to children, as does amendment No. 15, which applies to a later
clause. The two stand part debates also refer to matters specifically relating to children.
The Chair groups amendments to facilitate a broad debate on related subjects. As this is the first occasion on which such an issue has been introduced, the Clerk and I felt it appropriate to stimulate debate now rather than later; otherwise, it is clear that we shall have the same debate three times. What I am saying to the Committee is that this is its chance to talk about kids.