Clause 35 - Appeals against penalties
Identity Cards Bill
9:30 am
Alistair Carmichael (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Orkney and Shetland, Liberal Democrat)
I shall be brief. Perhaps the Minister will respond to this point. It does not strictly relate to the amendment, but it would assist me if he clarified the Government’s thinking on the procedure to be followed in bringing such matters before a court in Scotland. There is a procedure known as summary application, for which legal representation is not normally required, and it seems to me eminently sensible that the Government should use that much under-used procedure. I hope the Minister will confirm that that is their intention.