Two people have forwarded an e mail to me suggesting that I might like to sign a petition seeking to amend the Scrap Metal Merchants Act 1964.I am normally rather careful about signing petitions. As several councillors found out a few years ago, doing so can restrict your ability to vote in the council chamber. However I don’t think that there is any issue in this case and I have in fact already signed.
The aim of the petition is to try to stop the rising amount of thefts of metal, including cable and lead from church roofs, by making it illegal for scrap metal dealers to pay for metal in cash. It is thought that this would go a long way to stopping the thefts since it would be very much easier to trace the seller (apparently).
Bearing in mind the fact that both Acton and Chilton churches have recently suffered the theft of lead from their roofs, and a number of local commuters have been seriously inconvenienced by cable theft from along the railway lines, it seems to me that anything that can be done to help stop this sort of crime must be a good thing.
If you would like to sign the petition go to
and follow the instructions!
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