The "sellers pack" strikes me as a good idea. There's no reason why a survey paid for by the house owner should be any less reliable than one paid for by the prospective buyers. What difference does it make to the professional doing the survey who is paying for it? After all, if they could be demonstrated to have done a phony survey the roof would fall in on them.

As for clamping the wheel clampers, high time. In fact I'd be all for abolishing the whole privatised wheel clamping operation. If vehicles need clamping, it should be the council that does it, and has to own up when they get it wrong. And if there's any profit, it helps pay for public services. rather than line the pockets of some wide-boy with a van and a few wheel clamps.