Rayleigh MP Mark Francois has responded to a Home Office consultation on the operation of wheel clamping companies, by calling for them to be more strictly licensed than they are at present.
Mark has received numerous complaints from his constituents about the operation of wheel clamping companies in and around Rayleigh and in particular concerning LBS Enforcement Ltd, who have been operating in the area over the past year. Mark did write to LBS Enforcement in December 2008 and has done so a number of times subsequently but the company has consistently refused to respond to individual complaints raised by the local MP, despite having a meeting with Mark and local councillors in late May 2009 and promising to do so.
The actions of LBS Enforcement have convinced Mark that wheel clamping companies need to be more firmly licensed than they are at present and Mark has argued for this in his response to the consultation. Commenting on this situation, Rayleigh’s MP said:
“As a rule of thumb, I am generally resistant to more regulation being applied to businesses but given the way that this company has been behaving, I think there is a genuine case for wheel clamping companies to be more firmly licensed. One thing that is particularly important is that the licence should be removable if companies do not behave acceptably and I have argued for this as part of my response. I would also encourage other constituents who feel they have been hard done by to respond to this consultation exercise as a way of making their feelings known.”
Anyone wishing to reply to the Home Office consultation about wheel clamping companies has until the 23rd July to do so and can view the consultation and how to respond by visiting:
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/cons-2009-vehicle-immobilisation/
