LEGAL AID, SENTENCING AND PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS BILL


25 January 2012: It is thought the Government may be preparing to back new legislation to ban cash payments for scrap metal after a private member's (Graham Jones MP) bill was thrown out last week.

It is understood that the Cabinet is discussing an amendment by Lord Faulkner to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill currently before Parliament that would also introduce unlimited fines for trading stolen material.