HC Deb 10 March 1971 vol 813 cc489-90
Mr. Michael Heseltine

I beg to move Amendment No. 18, in page 22, line 29, at end insert: () the manner in which it is to be coated with paint and other material for the purpose of making it immediately visible to oncoming traffic;

Mr. Deputy Speaker

I suggest that it will be convenient to discuss at the same time Amendment No. 19.

Mr. Heseltine

The Clause sets out the conditions on which licences can be issued by the appropriate highway authority. It was suggested in Committee that we should make it possible also, as an addition to the licence, to deal with the manner in which a builder's skip is coated with paint or other material to make it immediately visible to oncoming traffic. Amendment No. 18 meets that purpose.

Amendment No. 19 deals with a technical innovation which has not yet reached up but which might come at any stage, that is, the round skip as opposed to the rectangular. The Amendment will leave the Bill as drafted so as to anticipate that technological innovation, which we all eagerly await.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made: No. 19, in page 22, line 42, leave out paragraph (b).—[Mr. Michael Heseltine.]

Mr. Michael Heseltine

I beg to move Amendment No. 20, in page 24, line 15, after 'land', insert 'for the storage of builders' materials, or'.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

I suggest that it will be convenient to take at the same time Amendment No. 21.

Mr. Heseltine

It was pointed out in Committee that builders' skips, while commonly used for the disposal of rubbish and the storage of rubbish pending disposal, could be used also to good pur- pose for the storage of builders' materials in anticipation of their use on a building site. The Amendment meets that purpose.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made: No. 21, in page 24, line 16, leave out 'materials'.—[Mr. Michael Heseltine.]

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