Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 2909
A Bill to make certain uses of glue traps an offence; and for connected purposes.
Appraisal prepared just now from the official papers. Next scheduled update after the next sitting or within about 24 hours.
Sponsor: Jane Stevenson, Conservative
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In plain English
The Bill allows the Secretary of State to grant licences authorising pest control professionals to use glue traps to catch rodents in exceptional circumstances, in order to preserve public health or public safety when there is no suitable alternative. The offence relating to the setting of glue traps will not apply to the setting of glue traps by a licensed pest control professional in accordance with the terms of the licensee’s glue trap licence.
The papers we read for this bill do not say who would be affected if it became law.
The Bill allows the Secretary of State to grant licences authorising pest control professionals to use glue traps to catch rodents in exceptional circumstances, in order to preserve public health or public safety when there is no suitable alternative. The offence relating to the setting of glue traps will not apply to the setting of glue traps by a licensed pest control professional in accordance with the terms of the licensee’s glue trap licence.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: The Bill allows the Secretary of State to grant licences authorising pest control professionals to use glue traps to catch rodents in exceptional circumstances, in order to preserve public health or public safety when there is no suitable alternative. The offence relating to the setting of glue traps will not apply to the setting of glue traps by a licensed pest control professional in accordance with the terms of the licensee’s glue trap licence.. The people who would notice most are: we are still checking who that would be. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: The Bill allows the Secretary of State to grant licences authorising pest control professionals to use glue traps to catch rodents in exceptional circumstances, in order to preserve public health or public safety when there is no suitable alternative. The offence relating to the setting of glue traps will not apply to the setting of glue traps by a licensed pest control professional in accordance with the terms of the licensee’s glue trap licence..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
The Bill allows the Secretary of State to grant licences authorising pest control professionals to use glue traps to catch rodents in exceptional circumstances, in order to preserve public health or public safety when there is no suitable alternative. The offence relating to the setting of glue traps will not apply to the setting of glue traps by a licensed pest control professional in accordance with the terms of the licensee’s glue trap licence.
It is currently at Royal Assent in the Unassigned, sponsored by Jane Stevenson, Conservative.
Accountability · outcome beside Green Book evidence
Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 became law. The official papers we read covered some Green Book cases well and left gaps in others. For accountability, the outcome sits beside a mixed evidence trail — worth reading the case notes below.
Strategic: The Bill allows the Secretary of State to grant licences authorising pest control professionals to use glue traps to catch rodents in exceptional circumstances, in order to preserve public health or public safety when there is no suitable alternative. The offence relating to the setting of glue traps will not apply to the setting of glue traps by a licensed pest control professional in accordance with the terms of the licensee’s glue trap licence.
Economic: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not give a figure in pounds for what it would cost or save. That is not a yes or no on the bill.
Commercial: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not say how this would be bought, contracted or put in place.
Financial: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not say who would pay for it, or where the money would come from.
Management: The Bill allows the Secretary of State to grant licences authorising pest control professionals to use glue traps to catch rodents in exceptional circumstances, in order to preserve public health or public safety when there is no suitable alternative. Subsection (2) specifies that a glue trap licence may only be granted if the Secretary of State is satisfied that there is no other satisfactory solution.
This is an accountability reading, not a recommendation and not a score. It does not say whether Parliament should have passed or rejected the bill. It only sets the actual parliamentary outcome beside how complete the Green Book five-case evidence was in the official papers.
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