§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for regulating wheel clamping on private land; and if he will make a statement. [55827]
§ Mr. MichaelThe Government intend to introduce regulation of wheelclamping on private land in the context of statutory measures to regulate the private security industry as a whole. We are committed to introducing statutory regulation of the private security industry as soon as we can but it will not be possible to bring forward early legislation, as we warned before the election. We are using this inevitable delay to work with the industry and others on the best way to provide a comprehensive, effective and streamlined system for the whole of the private security industry and we undertook a consultation exercise last year to inform this process. We are determined to develop practical proposals which protect the safety and rights of the public without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy. We hope to bring forward firm proposals later this year.
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