Health Bill

That takes us partially forward but it does not totally answer the question. With fixed-penalty notices for traffic offences, with regard to parking meters and so on, if you pay within a certain number of days the fine is reduced. But it is a major task to get something overturned if you are innocent, because, say, a parking meter is not working properly—certainly in the London boroughs, where I suspect that most of us park periodically. The Minister said that he wanted to take society with him on this Bill, so I urge that there should be more understanding on the procedure for fixed-penalty notices. This is not just a parking issue; these are pretty substantial issues, and there should be provision whereby people can make representations without having the fear of necessarily going to the law. The second issue that I am not too clear about, although we may have debated it in the few moments that I was missing from the Committee the other evening, relates to whether parking wardens will be able to issue fixed-penalty notices on vehicles—or who will issue notices on vehicles. I shall be grateful if the Minister clarifies that.