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Parking (Code of Practice) Bill

Debate on bills on Friday, 2 February 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Greg Knight. The answering member was Rishi Sunak.
Second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
635 cc1149-1169 
Session
2017-19
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Parking (Code of Practice) Bill 2017-19
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Greg Knight | 635 c1149 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

Parking is an indispensable part of...

Kevin Brennan | 635 c1149 (Link to this contribution)

rose—


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Greg Knight | 635 c1149 (Link to this contribution)

I give way to the hon. Gentleman, whom I regard as an hon. Friend.

Kevin Brennan | 635 c1149 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. We usually co-operate musically, rather...

Greg Knight | 635 c1149 (Link to this contribution)

It is only common courtesy in business to respond to correspondence. I expect the code of practic...

Julian Knight | 635 c1149 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend for being so generous in giving way. Does he agree that these parkin...

Greg Knight | 635 c1150 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In some cases it appears that confusion is designed to ensure...

Stephen Doughty | 635 c1150 (Link to this contribution)

I completely support the right hon. Gentleman’s Bill. I will make my own speech, but I wonder if ...

Greg Knight | 635 c1150 (Link to this contribution)

I certainly would condemn that, and I will share an example with the House shortly of a similar c...

Christopher Chope | 635 c1150 (Link to this contribution)

Does my right hon. Friend accept that all this injustice is being facilitated by the Driver and V...

Greg Knight | 635 c1150 (Link to this contribution)

That is a fair point. My Bill seeks to deal with that, and I will come on to it in a moment. If w...

James Heappey | 635 c1151 (Link to this contribution)

Does my right hon. Friend share my concern that the acronym PCN is very confusing for people in r...

Greg Knight | 635 c1151 (Link to this contribution)

I agree. When we are dealing with private land, such notices should be called private parking not...

Kevin Hollinrake | 635 c1151 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is setting out some very bad examples of behaviour by some of these companie...

Greg Knight | 635 c1151 (Link to this contribution)

I think “Lucky” is my hon. Friend’s middle name. The cases I have itemised and that my hon. Frien...

Tim Loughton | 635 c1151 (Link to this contribution)

Does my right hon. Friend agree with my frustration—I have had lots of cases in Worthing—that peo...

Greg Knight | 635 c1152 (Link to this contribution)

If there are a number of payment machines and one of them is not working, that is not an excuse, ...

Henry Smith | 635 c1152 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on introducing the Bill. In 2011, I introduced a ten-minute r...

Greg Knight | 635 c1152 (Link to this contribution)

I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for his support. We can all agree that action is overdue on ...

Scott Mann | 635 c1152 (Link to this contribution)

On the point about fairness, one of my constituents recently raised with me the question of the t...

Greg Knight | 635 cc1152-3 (Link to this contribution)

The Bill provides the framework for the introduction of a fair code. In my discussions with the M...

Stephen Doughty | 635 c1153 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to support this Bill wholeheartedly, because it deals with an issue that hugely affects my...

Kevin Brennan | 635 c1153 (Link to this contribution)

I referred to New Generation Parking in my earlier intervention. Has my hon. Friend had better su...

Stephen Doughty | 635 cc1153-4 (Link to this contribution)

I have experienced on many occasions exactly the frustration that my hon. Friend describes. My co...

Kevin Brennan | 635 c1154 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend acknowledge that public authorities have a responsibility not to engage priva...

Stephen Doughty | 635 cc1154-5 (Link to this contribution)

I completely agree; I have had problems with ParkingEye too. This is not just about public author...

Luke Hall | 635 c1155 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to support the Bill and thank my right hon. Friend the Member for East Yorkshire (...

Greg Knight | 635 c1155 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right as far as the present situation is concerned, but if the Bill proceeds, I...

Luke Hall | 635 c1155 (Link to this contribution)

I completely endorse what my right hon. Friend said and hope that the Minister will give that ass...

Giles Watling | 635 c1155 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that the provision of confusing signs, along with the confusion over PC...

Luke Hall | 635 cc1155-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is important for us to address that during the Bill’s passage. Parking hotspots in private loc...

Pete Wishart | 635 c1156 (Link to this contribution)

I wholeheartedly congratulate the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire (Sir Greg Knight), my part...

Kevin Brennan | 635 c1156 (Link to this contribution)

Surely it should be Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi”, which contains the words “They paved parad...

Greg Knight | 635 c1156 (Link to this contribution)

May I take up this theme? The Bill is really saying to cowboy operators, “‘Get Back’. You will no...

Lindsay Hoyle | 635 c1156 (Link to this contribution)

Order. May I suggest that we all want to be “Homeward Bound”?

Pete Wishart | 635 cc1156-8 (Link to this contribution)

I think all this just goes to show how much in harmony the members of MP4 are on these issues.

Giles Watling | 635 cc1158-1160 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart). As a tou...

Yvonne Fovargue | 635 cc1160-1 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire (Sir Greg Knight) on introducing this muc...

Alan Mak | 635 cc1161-2 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for East Yorkshire (Sir Greg Knight) on introducin...

Michelle Donelan | 635 c1162 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to support this Bill and, in turn, support the long list of constituents who have ...

Julian Knight | 635 cc1162-3 (Link to this contribution)

I was going to regale the House with a whole litany of complaints, but everyone will be happy tha...

Kevin Foster | 635 cc1163-4 (Link to this contribution)

Given the time, I shall keep my remarks brief to allow for discussion of the next Bill on the Ord...

Mike Wood | 635 cc1164-5 (Link to this contribution)

Although the vast majority of privately owned car parks treat their customers with respect, there...

James Heappey | 635 cc1165-6 (Link to this contribution)

I am aware that the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) is poised to introduce his Bill, ...

Christopher Chope | 635 c1166 (Link to this contribution)

I have two or three questions for the Minister.

I have already mentioned to my right hon. F...

Greg Knight | 635 c1166 (Link to this contribution)

May I correct my hon. Friend? My understanding is that the DVLA does refuse to give access to rog...

Christopher Chope | 635 c1166 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for correcting me. In that case, may I challenge the Minist...

Rishi Sunak | 635 cc1166-7 (Link to this contribution)

Nobody leaves their house because they want to go and do some parking; parking is simply a means ...

Stephen Doughty | 635 c1167 (Link to this contribution)

I am glad to hear that the Minister supports the Bill. Will he also look closely at the links bet...

Rishi Sunak | 635 c1167 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight the alleged conflicts of interest within the ...

Yvonne Fovargue | 635 c1167 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister agree that parking companies should not be able to raise these levels of fines ...

Rishi Sunak | 635 cc1168-9 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady raises the issue of the level of fines, which is also something the code is conside...

Greg Knight | 635 c1169 (Link to this contribution)

With the leave of the House, I would like to thank all Members who have taken part in the debate ...

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