Deadline today to oust street traders.Byline: BY ROBERT Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. MERRICK Merrick, uninc. city (1990 pop. 23,042), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. Although chiefly residential, it has some light manufacturing. Political Correspondent STRICT new controls to curb pedlars PEDLARS. Persons who travel about the country with merchandise, for the purpose of selling it. They are obliged under the laws of perhaps all the states to take out licenses, and to conform to the regulations which those laws establish. selling goods on Liverpool's busiest streets are set to clear their first parliamentary hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. today (Mon). The deadline for objections to the city council's private Bill to enforce tougher trading rules passes at 4pm - with none lodged when Westminster shut down on Friday afternoon. If no petitions are sent in, the Bill will move forward to be examined by a Commons committee, increasing the chances of it becoming law faster. However, objections can still be made during the committee stage - or even by MPs shouting "object" in the Commons chamber at the Bill's final reading. The private Bill is the city council's attempt to plug a loophole that is allowing the pedlars to beat Liverpool's street trading rules through use of an ancient law. Last year, their stalls were banished from Church Street and replaced in alternative pitches in Parker Street, Clayton Square and other locations. But, under an 1871 law - passed when William Gladstone was Prime Minister - they can demand to be issued with Pedlar's Certificates, to legally sell goods by moving from town to town. Many are using trolleys to ensure their goods are kept on the move, leaving officials helpless in taking action because no law is being broken. Last year, when traders were questioned in the city centre, almost all of them produced pedlars licences. The city council wants the private Bill to become law to ensure pedlars only sell their goods on a "house-to-house" basis. Up to pounds 150,000 was set aside to cover the cost of getting the legislation through parliament and defeating any opposition at Westminster. A spokesman said: "People from throughout the country who have Pedlars Certificates are coming to Liverpool to sell their goods on the streets, in effect being street traders. "This Bill will not stop people with peddling certificates from working, but they will have to sell their goods from door to door." The local authorities in Westminster, Newcastle and Medway are seeking similar powers, which also includes the ability to seize seize v. To exhibit symptoms of seizure activity, usually with convulsions. goods from pedlars convicted by magistrates of illegal trading. The Bill is the second piece of legislation the city council has put before MPs, following the attempt to ban smoking in all public places. That Bill will not now come before a Lords committee until June, but may not be needed anyway as MPs will be given a free vote on the issue next month. City joins others to plug loophole |
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