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Clause 1, page 2, line 33, at end insert—
'(5A) The Secretary of State may charge for the issue of a licence under subsection (2) above such sum (if any) as is for the time being prescribed by order of the Secretary of State'.
§ Baroness STEDMANMy Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 2. This Amendment is linked with Amendment No. 18. The two Amendments give the Secretary of State a permissive 1258 power to charge for licences issued under the Bill and require him to pay any proceeds into the Consolidated Fund. Amendment No. 19 is also relevant. It provides that the power may be exercised only by order, subject to Negative Resolution.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Baroness Stedman.)