Colonel ALEXANDERasked the Home Secretary if he is prepared to introduce a Bill in the next Session of Parliament giving effect to the recommendations of the Committee on Street Trading, especially in regard to giving the street trader a certain status by entitling him to a specified stand at a small rental per week, payable to the local authority?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI would refer to the reply I gave on the 12th instant. The subject raised in the last part of the question will be considered when the Bill is drafted.
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Colonel ALEXANDERasked the Home Secretary whether he will embody in the Bill on street trading the compulsory registration of all street traders at a nominal registration fee, and also a provision giving local authorities power to frame bye-laws governing street trading as regards hours of opening?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThese subjects are dealt with in the Street Trading Committee's Report, and I will consider them when the Bill is drafted.