Clause 50 - Administration of BID levy etc
Local Government Bill
10:00 am
Mr Christopher Leslie (Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office; Shipley, Labour)
Those are wise words, Mr. Griffiths, although I appreciate the comments of the hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton, who is now an
enthusiastic convert to the wonders of BIDs. We welcome him on board.
The hon. Gentleman was right to say that it would not be wise to allow that supplementary alteration to the levy. I am glad to put on the record that I agree that we would not want to be prescriptive and always have a company limited by guarantee. There are other forms of partnership that offer a level of protection. We want BIDs to make their own judgments about that locally. The businesses that vote and the people who pay will make their own judgments about security and about the potential for the BID to succeed and will exercise that judgment when they vote.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 50 ordered to stand part of the Bill.