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Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords]

I am grateful for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. That is certainly the case. I hope that the Minister will give us a little more detail about where things will go in future, rather than in due course, which is rather woolly terminology. I am pleased that legislation first written in 1871, in the shape of the Pedlars Act, is being brought up to date, and that the people of Bournemouth will be able to benefit from that. A week ago, I was somewhat despondent, faced with 81 amendments that would have significantly changed the Bill to the point where it would have been worthless. They would have introduced a stationary capability for pedlars, carved up Bournemouth and restricted the times when the Bill would be allowed to operate. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making concessions on those points, and I hope that he understands that there have been concessions on the other side as well, which have allowed us to get to where we are today. Without further delay, I move that the Third Reading be concluded, and look forward to the Bill's becoming an Act of Parliament.

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Reference

504 c1003-4 

Session

2009-10

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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