Clause 63 - Builders' skips: charge determined by reference
Traffic Management Bill
Public Bill Committees, 3 February 2004, 5:45 pm
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch, Conservative)
I shall not detain the Committee with a lengthy argument against lane rental, as we have had that but, for the reasons that we articulated earlier, we wish to vote against this clause.
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire, Conservative)
May I make a slightly different point? There is a growing concern that when local authorities issue parking permits, they issue more permits than there are places, and that instead of receiving twice the income for the number of parking places, they may receive thrice the income. They could charge rental for a builder's skip parked in a resident's parking bay, and they will already have sold that bay twice or three times. There is concern at what the Government are doing, and I hope that the Minister will bear that in mind when the regulations are made and the fees are
set, as well as the fact that some unscrupulous builders might think it cheaper to leave the skip on the back of a lorry and park the lorry.
Question put, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided Ayes 7, Noes 3.
Division number 40 - 7 yes, 3 no
Voting yes: David Borrow, Tony McNulty, John Mann, Gillian Merron, John Thurso, Brian White, David Wright
Voting no: Christopher Chope, Greg Knight, David Wilshire