{"longTitle":"To confer powers on Manchester City Council for the better control of street trading in the city of Manchester.","summary":"<p>The Bill makes provisions relating to street trading and consumer protection in the city, in particular by:</p><ul><li>allowing the Council to regulate services offered on the street </li><li>altering the exemption enjoyed by holders of a pedlar&rsquo;s certificate from the street trading regime in the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982</li><li>empowering council officers or the police to seize goods and equipment when they believe a street trading offence has been committed</li><li>empowering courts to order the forfeiture of such goods and equipment</li><li>enabling council officers to serve fixed penalty notices for street trading offences.</li></ul><p>Further information can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies the Bill.</p><p><a>Read the Explanatory Memorandum</a></p>","sponsors":[],"promoters":[{"organisationName":"Manchester City Council","organisationUrl":null}],"petitioningPeriod":"Lords: 23 January 2007 to 6 February 2007. Commons: 30 November 2007 to 10 December 2007","petitionInformation":"<p>There will be no further opportunities to petition against this Bill.</p><ul><li>Lords petitioning period ended 6.2.07</li><li>Commons petitioning period ended 10.12.07</li></ul><p>The Bill was opposed in both Houses. 1 petition was deposited against the Bill in the House of Lords and 1 petition in the House of Commons.</p>","agent":{"name":"Sharpe Pritchard LLP","address":"Elm Yard, 13-16 Elm Street, London WC1X 0BJ","phoneNo":"020 7405 4600","email":"alewis@sharpepritchard.co.uk","website":""},"billId":209,"shortTitle":"Manchester City Council 2010","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Lords","lastUpdate":"2011-10-21T12:08:41","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":6,"introducedSessionId":20,"includedSessionIds":[20,21,22,23],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":3403,"stageId":11,"sessionId":23,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":3090,"stageId":11,"billStageId":3403,"billId":209,"date":"2010-04-08T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":20}}