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§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Aberdare)I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read a second time.—(Lord Aberdare.)
Lord InglewoodMy Lords, there are two points I should like to raise with the noble Lord. In one clause a very wide power to make by-laws is given to the authorities, and that is no doubt necessary, but some of the provisions—for instance, Clause 6(1)(d)—are drawn extremely widely and I would ask the noble Lord to look at them again to see that they are in common form and not beyond that. Secondly, the maximum fine on summary conviction for breach of such by-laws is no more than £50. When we think that this harbour was raided by Paul Jones about 200 years ago, creating a great disturbance, and even apart from that, surely £50 today is far too small a maximum penalty for a breach of by-laws such as we could see. Would the noble Lord agree that perhaps £200 would be much more appropriate?
§ Lord AberdareMy Lords, this is an unopposed Bill and therefore will come before me in the Unopposed Bill Committee, and I shall certainly see that the points raised by the noble Lord are looked into.
On Question, Bill read 2a, and committed to an Unopposed Bill Committee.