Clause 46
Commons Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
Jim Knight (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; South Dorset, Labour)
I will, as always, reflect on the proceedings of the Committee. Not only has the Home Office issued guidance to police in England and Wales on the legislation and the circumstances in which it might be used, but the power has been used very effectively in a recent clampdown in Wales, where a great many section 59 notices were issued to off-road bikers who were riding illegally over commons in Caerphilly and two bikes were confiscated. In that case, the police had teamed up with countryside rangers from the local authority and the Forestry Commission to target the problem.