Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill | Commons debates Absolutely—I could not agree more. Bury St Edmunds has a 6% retail occupancy rate, which, as my hon.
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill | Commons debates No, I do not. The beauty of this Bill is its simplicity, and that is why I would like it to go through today.
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill | Commons debates Indeed. I could not agree more with my hon. Friend.
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill | Commons debates It was merely, I felt, a statement of fact.
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill | Commons debates The situation is similar in my constituency, which is also near to a larger town—Cambridge in my case.
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill | Commons debates Surely my hon. Friend takes my point that local councils are, in the main, the people who should be deciding this.