Alcohol Labelling Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 22: 22: Clause 8, page 3, line 29, leave out paragraphs (a) to (c) and insert ““a local authority”” The noble Baroness said: The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that we do not leave any enforcement loopholes. The best way of doing that is to go for simplicity. It may seem at first sight that to delete every paragraph and replace them just with the words ““local authority”” is a little imprecise, but I have proposed this catch-all wording because of advice that I have received from LACORS, the local authority co-ordinating body for regulatory services. Taking the remit of the food labelling regulations, which also cover the labelling of alcoholic drinks, LACORS states that the enforcement authority would be, "““a combination of TSOs in County Councils and Unitary Authorities in England and Wales; EHOs in London Boroughs, Metropolitan Authorities in England and in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In other words, enforcement by ‘Local Authorities’ would cover all eventualities””." So, for simplicity’s sake, the experts suggest that ““local authorities”” would catch everybody and not expose us to the risk of possibly leaving somebody out. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 8, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 9 and 10 agreed to. Clause 11 [Penalties]: