Clause 33 - Imposition of civil penalties
Identity Cards Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Des Browne (Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism), Home Office; Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Labour)
I shall deal very quickly with amendment No. 38, which, as I understand it, is the only amendment that the hon. Gentleman spoke to substantively. I give him the reassurance that, although it does not say in the Bill that payment of a penalty may be made in instalments, when the time comes to design the detail of the scheme, we will consider making arrangements for penalties to be dealt with in such a way. The important thing is that clause 33(3)(d) does not preclude payment by instalment. I do not think it necessary additionally to refer expressly to instalments in the clause, but I give the undertaking that it is almost certain that there will be provision to allow them.