Part of Orders of the Day — Fire Services Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:45 pm on 3 June 2003.
The hon. Gentleman is obviously a great thinker, and I stand corrected and slightly embarrassed by what he has just said.
This has been a useful debate. I hope that the Minister will explain why the word "disposal" appears after the word "use". I hope that he will also explain the distinction between the word "disposal" in clause 2(a) and the reference in clause 2(b) to the use by a fire authority of another fire authority's property or facilities. This tends to confirm what I am saying about the word "disposal". Will he tell the House in no uncertain terms that it is not meant to denote a disposal of an interest in land, because that is what I and many other hon. Members are concerned about?