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Street Trading: Licensing

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 14 July 2025UIN 65012

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58059 on Street Trading: Licensing, what guidance he has given to local authorities on the use of Public Space Protection Orders to ban street stalls

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The statutory framework for PSPOs sets out clear conditions for their use.

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