Member

On Amendment 41, the noble Lord, Lord Udny-Lister, is right that local authorities will have a number of premises—swimming pools, theatres and other large venues—that might well fall in the standard or enhanced tier. I do understand that. But, again, I hope he will accept that the responsible person will have a responsibility to put those protection measures in place, at the costs that I have indicated, mostly in time but potentially in some limited resource. Ultimately, overseeing the work of local authorities and putting those things in place is down to a responsible officer appointed by the local authority. But the overseeing of the overseeing is not the local authority’s collective role, for village halls or other organisations. That will be firmly placed within the responsibility of the Security Industry Authority.