Written evidence to UK Parliament Home Affairs Select Committee hearings on "Anti-Social behaviour Orders - Analysis of the first six years" http://www.publicat

Written evidence to UK Parliament Home Affairs Select Committee hearings on "Anti-Social behaviour Orders - Analysis of the first six years" http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmhaff/80/80we20.htm http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/c... "Again this year, in Manchester, the Council used its powers to obtain an ASBO to stop mobile soup vans operating in the city centre. These vans provide food and assistance regularly each evening to about 100 homeless people. The Council however argued that after the vans had left there was a mess all over the place and people had complained. Probation staff argued that the same could be said about every kebab shop, pub, chip shop and off-licence in the city." [section d, para 3]