London Local Authorities Bill [Lords]

Unintentionally. If the entrepreneur were selling soap from a stall with four wheels on the public highway, with or without the use of the internet, that would normally be caught by local government regulations. The fact is that selling a car with four wheels on the highway, using the internet, is not the same as selling soap. One can either ignore the fact that the internet has been developed since previous local authority powers over selling cars on the highway were introduced, or say that the internet needs to be taken into account. If a local authority is saying, ““We would like to have the same power to deal with trading on the public highway using the internet for advertising as we have for trading using the local newspaper,”” I am not absolutely certain that a single sentence of the speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Bury North is directed to what the power in clause 9 or what clause 10 are directed to.