Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013

(asked on 6th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 54678, when details of the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 and consultation documents will be published on her Department's website; what deadline is in place to ensure stakeholders have adequate time to respond to the consultation; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the consultation process is accessible to small dealers such as Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.


Answered by
Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 13th January 2017

We are not publishing a formal consultation document to inform the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. We have written to interested bodies and organisations to invite them to submit evidence to inform the review and we have asked for responses by 30 January. We will consider any reasonable request to submit evidence beyond this date to ensure that we hear from as wide a range of interested parties as possible. We are interested to hear from smaller dealers, including from Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities, with whom we are in direct contact about the review.

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