Manchester City Council Bill [HL] 2006-07 to 2009-10

Type of Bill:
Private Bill
Parliamentary agents:
Sharpe Pritchard
Promoted by:
Manchester City Council

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Lords

  1. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. 3rd reading
  2. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Next event

  • Report stage: House of Commons Report stage: House of Commons (no debate) | Date to be announced

All previous stages of the Bill

Petition information

There will be no further opportunities to petition against this Bill.

  • Lords petitioning period ended 6.2.07
  • Commons petitioning period ended 10.12.07

The Bill is opposed. 1 petition has been presented against the Bill in the House of Commons.

Latest news on the Bill

The bill has not been carried over to the new session. The promoters are expected to seek to have the bill revived in the new session.

The Bill was considered by an Opposed Bill Committee on 30 June and 1 July along with the Bournemouth Borough Council Bill. The Committee agreed that both bills could proceed, but also decided that clause 5 should be amended to more precisely define the application of the law. The bill, as amended, is now available.

Consideration by the House of Commons of the amended bill is the next stage. 

Summary of the Bill

The Bill makes provisions relating to street trading and consumer protection in the city, in particular by:

  • allowing the Council to regulate services offered on the street 
  • altering the exemption enjoyed by holders of a pedlar’s certificate from the street trading regime in the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
  • empowering council officers or the police to seize goods and equipment when they believe a street trading offence has been committed
  • empowering courts to order the forfeiture of such goods and equipment
  • enabling council officers to serve fixed penalty notices for street trading offences.

Further information can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies the Bill.

Read the Explanatory Memorandum

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