§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 6 June,Official Report, column 134, if he will introduce legislation to permit local authorities in areas affected by the activities of unscrupulous wheelclampers to introduce byelaws to ban or regulate their activities. [30440]
§ Mr. MacleanByelaws are generally used to regulate behaviour in public places and cannot apply to private land without the consent of the landowner. In the context of wheelclamping, therefore, byelaws are unlikely to provide an effective means of regulation.