Clause 25
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [Lords]
12:45 pm
Pat McFadden (Minister of State (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Wolverhampton South East, Labour)
We have made relatively speedy progress this morning, Mr. Chope. I suspect, if not fear, that pausing for a discussion on which form of local authority is best may detain us for some time. In the fine city of Wolverhampton, we have a single unitary authority. In other parts of the country, we have a different system. I will resist the temptation to pronounce on which model is best. That is a debate for another day.
The clause is designed to do something a little different, which is to begin setting out in the Bill how the relationship of primary authority and enforcement authority is to run.