Scrap metal solutions - You read it here first.

In my earlier blog:
 http://thismakesmemadyoutoo.blogspot.com/2012/01/cash-for-scrap-act-now.html

I proposed that the way to address scrap metal theft and the threat it poses to both safety and memorials for our fallen soldiers was to require payment in methods other than cash and photo proof of identity.

Now the Transport Select Committee seems to agree with me.

Anyone trying to sell scrap metal should have to prove their identity, a group of MPs has said.

The Transport Select Committee also said the government should test a ban on cash payments for scrap to try to tackle the problem of metal theft.
Thefts from railways caused disruption to 3.8 million passengers last year and cost more than £16m.
Rail Minister Norman Baker said it was considering new legislation to regulate the scrap metal industry.
The metal recycling industry is worth about £5.6bn and employs almost 8,000 people in the UK.
But there are concerns about the number of illegal sites and about dealers prepared to accept metal in return for cash without any information about its origins.
Aggravated trespass The transport committee said the government must act with "more urgency" to tackle the problem and made a number of suggestions:

• create a new offence of aggravated trespass on the railway to help deter cable thieves
• give more powers to police to inspect both registered and unregistered scrap metal yards
• reform the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 to require anyone selling metal to provide proof of identity before a transaction can take place
• test the use of cashless trading in the scrap metal 

To members of any of the Houses of Parliament Committees, I will continue to post on this site and you can use my common sense approach to problem solving, free of charge!!