Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 5 March (HL14087), when consideration was last given to reforming the Pedlars' Act 1871; and what the outcome of that consideration was.
Her Majesty’s Government reviewed the Pedlars’ Act 1871 as part of its work on ‘Street Trading and Pedlars laws: compliance with the Services Directive’ consultation. The Government’s Response was published on 16 October 2014 and a copy is attached.