Clause 7
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [Lords]
11:30 am
Pat McFadden (Minister of State (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Wolverhampton South East, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman is right that a large number of enactments are listed under schedule 3. It is important to clarify for the Committee that those encompass the key functions of local authorities with regard to regulation. They could be brought together under the headings of trading standards, environmental health, licensing and fire safety. Schedule 3 is the Government’s way of illustrating the enactments that cover the key headings for local authority enforcement. There is coherence in what is encompassed by schedule 3.