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• Orders of the Day — Private Security Industry Bill: Activities Liable to Control Under the Act 8 May 2001

  The right hon. Member for Walsall, South (Mr. George) is right to be proud of the role that he has played in bringing regulation to the private security industry. The House and the public will be grateful to him for not throwing in the towel over the many years that he has been involved. Many hon. Members have spoken about football teams; I do not see the reason for that, but I do not want...

• Orders of the Day — Private Security Industry Bill: The Security Industry Authority 8 May 2001

  I expected the Minister to be courteous and helpful, as he usually is, and I shall be equally courteous and helpful: I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

• Orders of the Day — Private Security Industry Bill: Activities Liable to Control Under the Act 8 May 2001

  I beg to move amendment No. 11, in page 27. line 8, leave out— `purposes of any accountancy practice' and insert— `sole purposes of accountancy activities.

• Orders of the Day — Private Security Industry Bill: Activities Liable to Control Under the Act 8 May 2001

  I suspect that we may not get through these amendments as speedily as we got through amendment No. 10. They raise genuine concerns, and have been the subject of debate in Committee and subsequently. The issue was originally raised in the other place. The Minister and others will be well acquainted with the arguments that have already been rehearsed. They arise because many accountancy firms...

• Orders of the Day — Private Security Industry Bill: Activities Liable to Control Under the Act 8 May 2001

  Will the Minister give way?

• Orders of the Day — Private Security Industry Bill: Activities Liable to Control Under the Act 8 May 2001

  The Minister's argument seems to hinge on the fact that accountants will gain an exemption because of their professional qualifications and membership of professional bodies. However, can he give any other example in which someone's membership of a body exempts him or her from regulation when performing a task that is not covered by his or her specific qualification?

• Orders of the Day — Private Security Industry Bill: Activities Liable to Control Under the Act 8 May 2001

  Before responding directly to the Minister's request at the end of his speech. I should like to deal with the comment made by the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Mr. Hawkins) to the effect that a proposal that is being attacked from both sides, as going too far or not far enough, must be just about right. I assume that he will not be invoking that maxim in the forthcoming debates in the general...

• Orders of the Day — Private Security Industry Bill: Activities Liable to Control Under the Act 8 May 2001

  I am relieved to hear that.

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