Clause 26 - Penalties under Chapter 1: General
Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
I am grateful to the Minister. He probably gathered from my intervention that I am sympathetic to the case made by the hon. Member for Lewes. We should consider both the signal that we send to local authorities at the outset and the inconsistencies that might arise if the Secretary of State had to deal with competing claims. That would undermine people's confidence in the legislation, because they would inevitably feel that they had to compete for special treatment.