Member

Amendments 81 and 83, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, seek to ring-fence the proceeds from the new £2,500 fixed penalty notice for licensing offences for public health projects. I appreciate the intention behind this, as I have done in previous groups. How could anybody disagree with seeking to ensure additional public health funding to address the priorities of improving people’s health and preventing ill health? However—and we have had a debate about this today—the £2,500 fixed penalty notice for licensing offences is not intended to serve as a revenue generation mechanism for local authorities. The noble Earl, Lord Howe, made reference to that in his comments earlier.