§ 24. Mr. BlizzardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his time scale for the introduction of new legislation to deal with neighbourhood nuisance. [48420]
§ Mr. MichaelWe plan to implement the anti-social behaviour order provisions of the Crime and Disorder Bill with effect from 1 April 1999. We expect to implement the Bill's provisions for local crime and disorder reduction partnerships in September, so that the first crime and disorder audits can take place this autumn, to allow strategies to tackle locally identified problems to be in place by 1 April 1999. Youth Justice and other provisions of the Bill will also be implemented from this autumn onwards.