Disabled parking law wins backing

The proposed bill aims to make disabled bays legally enforcable One council launches a campaign

Proposed legislation which would see people fined for wrongly parking in disabled bays has moved a step closer to becoming law.

The plans, brought forward in a bill by Labour MSP Jackie Baillie, were given the go-ahead in principle from Holyrood's Local Government Committee.

Currently, 85% of disabled parking bays are not legally enforceable.

Ms Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, said the change would make it easier for councils to designate bays as disabled.

But despite approving the general principals of her bill, MSPs on the committee questioned the cost and timescale.

If given final parliamentary backing, the Disabled Persons' Parking Places Bill would see anyone using a disabled parking place without a blue badge fined up to