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Parking: Pedestrian Areas

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 22 April 2026UIN 127338

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Statutory Instrument required to enable civil enforcement against unnecessary pavement obstruction has been drafted; and when he plans to lay that instrument before Parliament.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Statutory Instrument is being drafted and will be laid before Parliament by the end of the year.

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