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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 225ZD: 225ZD: Clause 131, page 89, line 5, insert— ““(1A) Where an authority has the power to introduce and enforce byelaws under section 236A of the Local Government Act 1972, it shall be exempt from this section.”” The noble Lord said: This amendment would ensure that the power of enforcement and types of enforcement rest with local authorities. The Minister in another place gave an entirely unsatisfactory response about which by-laws a local authority would be able to apply fixed penalty notices to. It is not that I believe that all by-laws should be enforceable through fixed penalty notices and the large fines that they bring, but it seems reasonable to allow local authorities to decide which by-laws would be best enforced through the use of fixed penalty notices. I am sure that the Minister will have a good basis in evidence to reassure me that this is not just another symptom of the Secretary of State restricting devolution. I look forward to her response. I beg to move.