June 2011 – Letter to Ministers at BIS

27 June 2011

Letter to Secretary of State and ministers

BIS

Re: BIS response to pedlars pre-legislative scrutiny of the Executive Summary on Street Trading and Pedlary Laws – URN11/542

In responding to Pedlars enquiries to BIS for further clarification Roger Dennison, Senior Policy Advisor at BIS avoids giving any substantive response but prefers replying to serious inquiries by confirming his support for what has to be a pre-determined policy agenda that has not yet been able to persuade agreement with those stakeholders most harshly, directly and disproportionately affected by its potential outcome.

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