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Clause 64
Scaffolding, building materials and excavations: charge for occupation of highway for unreasonable period
Amendment made: No. 65, in
Clause 64, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 65
Scaffolding, building materials and excavations: charge determined by reference to duration of occupation of highway
Amendment made: No. 66, in
page 39, line 30, leave out ', (7)'.—[Mr. McNulty.]
Question put, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 7, Noes 3.
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AYES
Borrow, Mr. David
McNulty, Mr. Tony
Mann, John
Merron, Gillian
Thurso, John
White, Brian
Wright, David
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Knight, Mr. Greg
Wilshire, Mr. David
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 65, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 66 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 67
Guidance to local highway authorities
as to safety precautions
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Column Number: 247
Mr. Chope: Many people who have been worried about there not being a level paying field will welcome this clause, so far as it goes. However, there does not seem to be any provision requiring the highway authorities to comply with guidance; they only have to ''have regard'' to it. Is not the Minister being soft on the highway authorities?
Mr. McNulty: No. Under law, it means entirely the same. If they are expected to have regard to a particular set of guidance, that is the first port of
Column Number: 248
call. Any subsequent call will determine whether they transgressed. It is as simple as that.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Clause 67 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Further consideration adjourned.—[Gillian Merron.]
Adjourned accordingly at ten minutes to Six o'clock till Thursday 5 February at twenty-five minutes past Nine o'clock.
The following Members attended the Committee:
Beard, Mr. Nigel (Chairman)
Borrow, Mr.
Chope, Mr.
Jamieson, Mr.
Knight, Mr. Greg
McNulty, Mr.
Mann, John
Merron, Gillian
Miller, Mr.
Redwood, Mr.
Thurso, John
White, Brian
Wilshire, Mr.
Wright, David
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