Schedule 4
Commons Bill [Lords]
3:45 pm
David Drew (Stroud, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 36, in schedule 4, page 41, line 28, leave out
‘on or after 28th June 2005 but'.
I move this amendment, tabled in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood. We seek clarification on why a specific date is set. The implication is that any transitional arrangements for enforcements against unlawful works under this schedule prior to that date will no longer be permitted. We are disappointed that, along with the lack of a specific duty on local authorities to take action against unlawful work, that element of the schedule would seem to be a diminution. I could quote many cases, but I shall sit down and either allow the Minister to say something or allow my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood, who has now risen, to back up what I was saying.