The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #54919 Message #926027
Posted By: Richard Bridge
04-Apr-03 - 09:44 AM
Thread Name: From Eliza Carthy & Mike Harding PELs
Subject: RE: From Eliza Carthy & Mike Harding PELs
The trouble is, it's a definite maybe!
And once we find out if it isn't, it'll be too late.
On Howells view, if the session is advertised, it ceases to be incidental.
Likewise if it's the main purpose anyone goes there.
These are, I belatedly think, big dangers.
I am planning some re-worded exemptions for Report stage or maybe when it goes back to Lords.
A small oiseau tells me that even the civil servants agree (if no-one is listening) that Howells is just plain wrong that leaving "incidental" undefined in any way adds to the discretion local authorities can use. And even if it did, is that not a risk too?