The answer to that is yes, it would. If the driver was able to produce a better car—it may not be a new one—and he went to the local authority and says he has given up using car A and is going to use car B, yes, it would. Local authorities are not, as sometimes painted in your Lordships’ House, absolutely unfeeling and draconian bodies.
Deregulation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Bradshaw
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 21 October 2014.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Deregulation Bill.
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2014-15
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