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Manchester City Council Bill [Lords](By Order)

The announcement the Minister has just made is, of course, welcome, but can we be clear about the ground rules? The central problem with pedlars is that they are supposed to move but some of them choose to cluster in very large numbers at a limited number of locations, thereby effectively acting as street traders, not pedlars. I urge the Minister to say that if it can be shown that a number—albeit, perhaps, a small minority—of areas have a problem, that should be sufficient grounds for moving to the sort of national framework for which many Members on both sides of the House have called?