Reports & Submissions

Retail Markets Alliance submission to Communities & Local Government Select Committee inquiry into Traditional Retail Markets

Report published Thursday, July 23rd 2009. More info

Note: The Communities and Local Government Committee has announced that it will publish its Ninth Report of Session 2008–09, Market Failure?: Can the traditional market survive? on Thursday 23 July 2009 at 00.01 am.
The committee says the Report will be posted on the internet at approximately 11.00 am on Thursday 23 July, and will be accessible via the Committee’s webpages:

http://www.parliament.uk/clgcom


To download a pdf file of the submission click here

To see oral evidence on Parliamentlive.tv click here

To view the committee's web forum click here (deadline for submissions has gone)

Government report on Street Trading and Pedlary in Great Britain

The Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has published an independent research report on street trading and certified pedlary in Great Britain.

While the report, conducted by Durham University, found no evidence that pedlars pose a problem on a national scale, it suggested that current laws regulating street trading and pedlary could potentially be improved by:

* National guidance on the meaning and application of the current arrangements, which contain ambiguities and vary across Great Britain;

* Modernising the Pedlars Act, e.g. updating and standardising the pedlars' certificate to enable easier identification of genuine certificates; and

* A more flexible enforcement regime, including less burdensome options to criminal prosecution (e.g. fixed penalty notices).

Welcoming the report, Consumer Affairs Minister Gareth Thomas said:

"I commissioned this research in order to gain a fuller understanding of the current situation and whether there is a case for change.

"My Department will now begin work towards a full public consultation on national guidance and options for possible legislative change to ensure we're striking the right balance between the interests of business, consumers and pedlars." 

The report, 'Street Trading and Pedlary in Great Britain: a report of research into the application and perception of local authority controls and pedlar legislation', is available on the BERR website: http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/consumers/business/market-trading/page46738.html


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