Canterbury City Council Bill

I thank my hon. Friend for leading me nicely to my next point. However, I should mention briefly that I have a small local interest in this matter. My constituency, Weston-super-Mare has a carnival every year—it is a grand west country tradition—and a large number of pedlars arrive for the evening. They add to the streetscape and create a wonderful buzz around the town, but they create a great deal of ill-feeling among some of the carnival organisers, because they feel that the pedlars—some licensed, some not—take money out of the town that they might otherwise be able to give to good causes and charity. I must confess to that element of local interest.