Clause 55 - Commencement of BID arrangements
Local Government Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton, Liberal Democrat)
I rise partly to help the hon. Member for Isle of Wight and also to place on the record that in Kingston we hope to have a BID up and running by this time next year. There may be a ballot in Kingston for a BID in the coming autumn/winter. As I understand it, although the BID proposals in Kingston have not yet been published, according to subsection (3) the day on which the BID proposals come into force has to be set out and arranged as part of the proposals themselves. It is up to local discretion. It is not on the day or the day after the vote has taken place. I hope that that explains the matter to the hon. Gentleman.