Public Bill Committees
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill

• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 1st sitting (3 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Crime and disorder reduction strategies (25 speeches, 1 annotation)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 2 - Gating orders (16 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 2, in clause 2, page 2, leave out lines 10 to 15 and insert '(3) A council may make such an order to restrict the public right of way where specific evidence exists...
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 - Gating orders (30 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 2, in clause 2, page 2, leave out lines 10 to 15 and insert— '(3) A council may make such an order to restrict the public right of way where specific...
  • Clause 3 - Exposing vehicles for sale on a road (16 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 29, in clause 3, page 6, line 2, leave out '3' and insert '4'.
  • Clause 4 - Repairing vehicles on a road (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 5 - Liability of directors etc (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 6 - Power to give fixed penalty notices (29 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 24, in clause 6, page 7, line 15, at end insert— '( ) The local authority shall provide the authorised officer with the means or equipment by which the officer...
  • Clause 7 - Power to require name and address (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 8 - Use of fixed penalty receipts (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 4, in clause 8, page 8, line 36, leave out subsection (3).
  • Clause 9 - Fixed Penalty notices: supplementary (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 10 - Offence of abandoning a vehicle: fixed penalty notices (14 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 11 - Notice of removal (15 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 45, in clause 11, page 12, line 30, leave out subsection (2) and insert— '(2) Leave out subsection (2) (Requirement to give notice to occupier).'. The Bill is...
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 12 - Disposal (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 13 - Guidance (7 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 15 - Notice of removal (10 speeches)
    I hope that a word of explanation about the clause, and about clauses 16 and 17, will help hon. Members, as we have already discussed the issues. The Bill amends the two Acts that deal with...
  • Clause 16 - Disposal (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 18 - Extension of litter offences to all open places (9 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 20 - Litter clearing notices (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 28, in clause 20, page 17, leave out lines 2 to 10.
  • Clause 21 - Street litter control notices (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 27 - ''Litter'' (46 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. 
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 27 - ''Litter'' (6 speeches)
    Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed. The Chairman: I remind the Committee that with this we are taking new clause 2—Producer...
  • Clause 19 - Litter offence: fixed penalty notices (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 68, in clause 19, page 15, line 36, at end insert— '(7A) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, allow a litter authority to which a fixed penalty is...
  • Clause 22 - Failure to comply with notice: fixed penalty notices (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 51, in page 19, line 13, at end insert ', and that person shall be made aware that a failure to pay could result in an increase in the penalty with its conversion into...
  • Clause 28 - Fixed penalty notices: amount of fixed penalty (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 27, in page 27, line 13, at beginning insert 'Following consultation with local authorities and other interested parties'. The purpose of the amendment is to seek...
  • Clause 30 - Fixed penalty notices: authorised officers (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 53, in page 27, leave out lines 40 to 42. The amendment relates to a subject that the Minister referred to earlier: authorised officers being given adequate training....
  • Clause 23 - Controls on free distribution of printed matter (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 74, in page 20, leave out lines 25 and 26. A situation that we have had in Guildford illustrates the points on which we seek clarity. This is a probing amendment that...
  • Clause 31 - Extension of graffiti removal notices to fly-posting (21 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 56, in clause 31, page 28, line 20, leave out 'which is affixed without authorisation to any surface,' and insert 'affixed to any surface— (a) without the...
  • Clause 32 - Sale of aerosol paint to children (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 33 - Unlawful display of advertisements: defences (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 34 - Removal of placards and posters (16 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 61, in clause 34, page 29, line 25, leave out 'or obliterate'.
  • Clause 36 - Registration requirements and conditions (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 90, in clause 36, page 31, line 10, after 'impose', insert 'reasonable'. Many Committee members are concerned about waste and fly-tipping. We must deal effectively and...
  • Clause 37 - Enforcement powers (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 65, in clause 37, page 31, leave out lines 44 and 45 and insert— '( ) by producing it at a place specified by the authorised officer or constable within ten...
  • Clause 38 - Failure to produce authority: fixed penalty notices (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 19, in page 35, line 9, leave out from 'be' to end of line 10 and insert 'used only for the purposes of its functions under section 5 above (including functions...
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 40 - Defence of acting under employer's instructions (13 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 41 - penalties on conviction (16 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 43 - Clean-up costs (32 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 94, in clause 43, page 37, line 35, at end insert 'and its legal disposal'.
  • Clause 44 - Forfeiture of vehicles (8 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 45 - Failure to furnish documentation: fixed penalty notices (2 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 64, in clause 45, page 40, line 31, leave out ''£300'' and insert ''£750''. We have had an interesting debate this morning about the levels at which...
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 45 - Failure to furnish documentation: fixed penalty notices (7 speeches)
    Amendment proposed, [this day]: No. 64, in clause 45, page 40, line 31, leave out '£300' and insert '£750'.—[Mr. Ruffley] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 46 - Power to search and seize vehicles (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 47 - Abolition of requirement to contract out waste disposal functions (7 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 49 - Payments for waste recycling and disposal (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 67, in clause 49, page 46, line 26, at end insert— '(13) In this section reusing waste means any operation by which end of life products and equipment or its...
  • Clause 54 - Site waste management plans (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 97, in clause 54, page 49, line 20, at end insert '; (i) targets for diversion of site waste to landfill'. This quick amendment is designed to test whether the...
  • Clause 55 - Power to make dog control orders (18 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 107, in clause 55, page 50, line 13, leave out paragraph (a).
  • Clause 58 - Primary and secondary authorities (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 60 - Amount of fixed penalties (19 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 109, in clause 60, page 53, line 21, from 'order' to 'is' in line 25. I meant to speak on clause 59 stand part, but I guess that I have missed my opportunity. However,...
  • Clause 61 - Power to require name and address (13 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 62 - Community support officers etc (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 66 - ''Appropriate person'' (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 68 - Termination of police responsibility forstray dogs (31 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 18, in clause 68, page 56, line 4, leave out subsection (1).
  • Clause 69 - Designation of alarm notification areas (20 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 118, in clause 69, page 56, line 34, leave out from 'area' to end of line 35.
  • Clause 70 - Withdrawal of designation (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 71 - Notification of nominated key-holders (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 111, in clause 71, page 57, line 22, leave out 'a key-holder' and insert 'at least two key-holders'.  
  • Clause 72 - Nomination of key-holders (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 73 - Offences under section 71: fixed penalty notices (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 74 - Amount of fixed penalty (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. 
  • Clause 75 - Use of fixed penalty receipts (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 76 - Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 77 - Power of entry (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 78 - Warrant to enter premises by force (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 79 - Powers of entry: supplementary (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 79 - powers of entry: supplementary (6 speeches)
    Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
  • Clause 80 - Orders and regulations (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 81 - Interpretation (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 82 - Noise offences: fixed penalty notices (8 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 84 - Extension of Noise Act 1996 tolicensed premises etc (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 1 - Application of the Noise Act 1996 to licensed premises etc. (14 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the First schedule to the Bill.
  • Clause 86 - Deferral of duty to serve abatement notice (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 87 - The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (10 speeches)
    We come now to the quango that the Government set up comparatively recently. The thrust of clause 87 is to change of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. The commission is...
  • Schedule 2 - Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (27 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the Second schedule to the Bill. 
  • Clause 88 - General functions of the commission (18 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 15, in clause 88, page 68, leave out line 4. I am almost nervous to continue because of the dancing on pinheads we have just had. Amendment No. 15 seeks clarification...
  • Clause 89 - Changes to functions of the Commission (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 94 - Architecture and the built environment: financial assistance (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 97 - Use of fixed penalty receipts:lower tier authorities (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 99 - Abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 101 - Statutory nuisance: insects (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 116, in clause 101, page 74, line 32, leave out ', trade or business' and insert 'or trade'. At first glance I broadly support the clause. We have all experienced the...
  • Clause 102 - Statutory Nuisance: Lighting (4 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 57, in clause 102, page 75, line 2, after 'premises', insert 'or streetlights on public roads or public rights of way'.
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 9th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 102 - Statutory nuisance: lighting (24 speeches)
    Amendment moved [27 January]: No. 57, in clause 102, page 75, line 2, after 'premises', insert 'or streetlights on public roads or public rights of way'. _[Miss McIntosh]
  • Clause 104 - Contaminated land: appeals against remediation notices (9 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 105 - Offences relating to pollution etc: penalties on conviction (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 4 - Minor and consequential amendments (12 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the Fourth schedule to the Bill.
  • Schedule 5 - Repeals (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the Fifth schedule to the Bill.
  • Clause 108 - Commencement (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 120, in clause 108, page 78, line 43, at end insert— '(da) section 68 and Part 6 of Schedule 5;'.
  • Clause 109 - Money (9 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 111 - Short title (8 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • New Clause 1 - Illegal deposit or disposal of waste (power of arrest) (5 speeches)
    '(1) In subsection 24(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.69), at the end insert— ''(w) an offence under subsection 33(4A) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.3).''...
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • New Clause 1 - Illegal deposit or disposal of waste(power of arrest) (7 speeches)
    '(1) In subsection 24(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.69), at the end insert— ''(w) an offence under subsection 33(4A) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.3).''...
  • New Clause 3 - Fixed penalty notices: guidelines for local authorities and the police (3 speeches)
    'The appropriate person shall consult local authorities and the police before providing guidelines on the precise duties of police officers and local authorities, where there are shared...
  • New Clause 6 - Charges for the collection of household waste (24 speeches)
    '(1) Section 45 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows. (2) Leave out subsection (3) and insert— ''(3) A charge may be made for the collection of household waste...
  • New Clause 7 - Noise act 1996: requirement for consultation (12 speeches)
    'The appropriate person shall consult the appropriate bodies on the need for regulations to extend the provisions of the Noise Act 1996 (c. 37) to the hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., to enable any...
  • New clause 9 - Incentive schemes for collection of householder waste (0 speeches)
    '(1) The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows. (2) For section 45, subsection (3), substitute— ''(3) No charge shall be made for the collection of household waste...
  • New Clause 12 - Battery recycling (13 speeches)
    '(1) The Secretary of State shall make regulations within 24 months requiring producers of household batteries to make arrangement for the receipt and recycling of batteries they have produced...