In a Commons debate on High Streets on Tuesday, numerous MPs called for the Government to tackle the unwelcome increase in betting shops, seen to be crowding out other retail outlets.
MPs from both north and south London urged ministers to establish a separate use class for betting shops for planning purposes.
My Private Members’ Bill establishing a separate use class and enabling councils to cap the number of such premises is listed for debate on Friday.
MPs from both north and south London urged ministers to establish a separate use class for betting shops for planning purposes.
My Private Members’ Bill establishing a separate use class and enabling councils to cap the number of such premises is listed for debate on Friday.
Unfortunately the bill is in a long list so we won’t get to debate it. However, ministers could agree without debate and provide time. I have today written to the Prime Minister to ask him to allow this to happen. I have reminded him that the review on High Streets that he commissioned from Mary Portas recommends exactly what my bill does.
Whatever the outcome on Friday, I will keep fighting to give local people the right to have their say over the kind of High Street they want.
Whatever the outcome on Friday, I will keep fighting to give local people the right to have their say over the kind of High Street they want.
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