It was good your editorial and article about ticketing policy (The Argus, June 23) highlighted the Government's concerns on parking.

Its report covers a wide range of issues, including "pavement parking", the suggestion that parking attendants could have "on-street discretion" when issuing Penalty Character Notices, as in Manchester, and the use of a "model contract" which prevents any incentive regime which might reward individual parking attendants for issuing more tickets.

-Councillor Roy Pennington, Labour - Regency Ward