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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

My Lords, I am confused because the noble Baroness said that local authorities would have to follow this, but it is just guidance. It is set out in secondary legislation, for instance, that cameras should not be used to enforce parking violations. Local authorities are supposed to have regard to that, but Westminster has 200 such cameras. It is set out in both guidance and regulations that controlled parking zones should be signed in particular ways, but only round 20 per cent of the controlled parking zones in Westminster have even half of the signage correct. Local authorities are used to the process of having to have regard to things. I am sure that they behave themselves, but a lot of the time they totally ignore what is set out in guidance. What I am after is something saying that they shall behave in a certain way rather than that they should have regard to such behaviour. Perhaps the change I am looking for is to amend the end of new Section 56G with wording to the effect that local authorities must "act in accordance with" rather than "have regard to".