Clause 44 - Powers of entry
Fire and Rescue Services Bill
3:00 pm
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
I was unaware that the common parts of a block of flats were construed as a dwelling. The Under-Secretary seems to be speaking authoritatively on the matter—[Hon. Members: ''Oh.''] I meant to say that he speaks more authoritatively than Ministers invariably do. I wonder whether he could tell the Committee from where that definition derives. Does it appear in a planning Act? I have never come across a distinction between private dwellings and dwellings.