Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 March 1993.
Mr Keith Hampson
, Leeds North West
12:00,
11 March 1993
Does my hon. Friend agree that it would be no service to customers at large and, indeed, would seriously inhibit trade if as much discretion were given to local authorities as provided for in the Bill promoted by the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell)? Does he also accept that, while we wait for the precise drafting of the Government's Bill, there is a risk of a serious and unhealthy vacuum being created, so will he publish the various options as soon as possible, in advance of the Bill itself, to inform public debate?