The reality is that if we relax legislation of this kind, especially when the exemptions are not on the face of the Bill, certain people will take advantage of the situation—drive in bus lanes because they think they might not get caught, for example. There were cases some years ago in which CCTV of cars in bus lanes picked up many vehicles that were driven by criminals on the run for other causes. Once a criminal, always a criminal, and such people will take advantage.
Deregulation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 June 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Deregulation Bill.
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