Clause 23 - Controls on free distribution of printed matter

Part of Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:45 pm ar 20 Ionawr 2005.

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Photo of Ms Sue Doughty Ms Sue Doughty Shadow Minister (the Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 3:45, 20 Ionawr 2005

I have every sympathy with what the Minister is saying. If it were a case of just trying to get some clarity between the one and the other, I would   fully accept what he is saying. The reality is that the clause is meant to deal with people who, for example, hand out literature outside a nightclub every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The stuff gets thrown on the ground. We are trying to work out the exceptions. Given that the main line of business of the individual in question is nightclubs and bars and the promotion of them, and that he is one of those whom the clause will affect directly, his instant get out is to say, ''Trinity party''.