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Manchester City Council Bill [Lords](By Order)

We are going back to Elizabethan times—or perhaps James I. However we look at the legislation—whatever angle we approach it from—it needs to be updated. The reality of today's legislation is that it is affecting Bournemouth town centre. I invite hon. Members to come to Bournemouth to see the impact—the evidence—for themselves. I invite them to see what is happening in the town centre and the Lower Gardens. The town has about 5 million visitors every year. We rely on tourism. It is our biggest industry and needs to be managed effectively. I am afraid that illegal traders are beginning to tarnish our image as a popular family seaside resort. The illegal traders are there from about Easter to Christmas every year. Considerable effort has been made to manage the situation to understand what the pedlars want in relation to the street traders. We have not been able to reach a compromise because people are leaning on this archaic legislation, which so needs to be updated.