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Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords]

It is reasonable for any employee to object to working on a Sunday so that they can spend more time with their family. Members on both sides of the House will have been contacted by USDAW, the shop workers' union, on this issue. USDAW does an excellent job for its members and we are proud to be associated with it. Its members power one of our most successful and internationally competitive sectors. In short, its 400,000 members are wealth creators and we should celebrate and take notice of them. USDAW has surveyed more than 20,000 members, and some 78% of those surveyed oppose longer opening hours on Sundays during the period of the operation of this Bill; 51% said they already felt pressurised to work on Sundays against their will; and 73% said that longer Sunday opening would lead to pressure on them to work on Sundays against their will.