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Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Monday, 30 April 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Vincent Cable. The answering member was Chuka Umunna.

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

Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill (HL). Second Reading debate agreed to on division (273 to 131). Committee stage. Clauses 1 to 3 agreed to. Bill reported without amendment. Third reading agreed to on division (272 to 125). Bill passed.Bill read a Second time; to stand committed to a Committee of the whole House (Order, this day).Bill considered in Committee (Order, this day).Proceedings interrupted (Order, this day)The Chair put forthwith the Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (Order, this day).Clauses 1 to 3 ordered to stand part of the Bill.The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.Bill reported, without amendment.Question put forthwith (Order, this day), That the Bill be now read the Third time. Agreed to on division (272 to 125). Bill read the Third time and passed.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
543 c1289-362 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Third reading
Report stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Jim Shannon | 543 c1327 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for those comments. It is an underlying issue for us all. We feel that ...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 543 c1327 (Link to this contribution) The point about whether the Bill is a Trojan horse has been mentioned several times. Our fears are c...
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Mark Prisk | 543 c1327 (Link to this contribution) We have had a Trojan horse and stalking horse—the debate is in danger of becoming too equine—but as ...
Jim Shannon | 543 c1326 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for making an important point. I sometimes wonder, when figures are bandied a...
David Simpson | 543 c1326 (Link to this contribution) At the beginning of the debate, the Business Secretary gave us a figure of x million pounds that the...
Jim Shannon | 543 c1326-7 (Link to this contribution) Some Government Members have said that the Bill is a recipe for changing the economy, but, as my hon...
Gregory Campbell | 543 c1326 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that, in a series of shallow comments that the Business Secretary made, th...
Jim Shannon | 543 c1324-5 (Link to this contribution) I rise to state clearly that we oppose the change in Sunday trading and that the Democratic Unionist...
Jim Shannon | 543 c1325-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her comments, which clearly sum up an issue that many people have mentione...
Yasmin Qureshi | 543 c1325 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman know that 1.4 million parents already work regularly through the weekend? Th...
Mark Prisk | 543 c1354 (Link to this contribution) I used to run a small business. I am strong and passionate about this issue. I want to deal first wi...
Yasmin Qureshi | 543 c1354 (Link to this contribution) The Minister talks about the economic benefits, but an important issue many of us have discussed is ...
Mark Prisk | 543 c1354 (Link to this contribution) I will—and I will deal with the hon. Gentleman's question in a second, if I may.
Mark Prisk | 543 c1353 (Link to this contribution) We have made it clear that this Bill does not change their statutory rights. Some will be engaged in...
Mark Prisk | 543 c1353-4 (Link to this contribution) No, I will not, because the hon. Gentleman has made no contribution to this debate, other than inter...
Chris Ruane | 543 c1348-9 (Link to this contribution) As a political class, we have gone along with that trend. I include the previous Labour Government. ...
Toby Perkins | 543 c1349-52 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to speak for the Opposition in this debate on the Government's proposed chang...
Mark Prisk | 543 c1352-3 (Link to this contribution) This has been an energetic and often constructive debate, despite the broad range of views and conce...
Joan Walley | 543 c1353 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister clarify the position of the people in families who have opted in to Sunday working...
Helen Jones | 543 c1348 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government's attempts to define the nation by how much it shops s...
Chris Ruane | 543 c1348 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. We are seeing huge shopping malls spread across the UK, but there is more to life than, ...
Gavin Shuker | 543 c1348 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend does not have to look too far away for the genesis of the idea for the Bill. It was c...
Yasmin Qureshi | 543 c1346-7 (Link to this contribution) The majority of my constituents value Sundays as a special day, and I am sure that that is reflected...
Chris Ruane | 543 c1347-8 (Link to this contribution) It was not my intention to speak tonight—I have been dutifully sitting on the Front Bench for two ho...
Andrew Gwynne | 543 c1346 (Link to this contribution) I support my hon. Friend's case. Has not evidence from the 1994 Act shown that, far from such workin...
Nia Griffith | 543 c1346 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely, and the Bill will create extra pressure. Last but not least, there is keeping Sunday sp...
Nia Griffith | 543 c1344-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for South Antrim (Dr McCrea) is a hard act to follow. I thank him for making those p...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 543 c1343 (Link to this contribution) I think we all acknowledge that the pace of life today is very fast for everyone. Many people feel t...
Baroness Hoey | 543 c1343 (Link to this contribution) I agree with everything the hon. Gentleman is saying. Does he share my presumption that the Conserva...
David Anderson | 543 c1342-3 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely right. My hon. Friend lives in one of the areas of our country which has some of the most...
Helen Goodman | 543 c1341 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a great speech and I agree with everything he says about social justice, bu...
Fiona Bruce | 543 c1332-4 (Link to this contribution) It is a cause for real celebration that our country is hosting the Olympics and Paralympics this yea...
Ian Lavery | 543 c1334-5 (Link to this contribution) The Olympic games have had an adverse impact on my constituency. For example, we have seen a number ...
David Anderson | 543 c1335 (Link to this contribution) Does this not conform to a pattern? Just as throughout the debate on the Health and Social Care Bill...
Chris Ruane | 543 c1336 (Link to this contribution) A few weeks ago, I tabled a parliamentary question on the issue of the amount of time parents and ch...
Ian Lavery | 543 c1336-7 (Link to this contribution) I fully agree, and I was not aware of those statistics. Many staff find it difficult to work on Sun...
Richard Drax | 543 c1337-9 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wansbeck (Ian Lavery); I agree with his general thrus...
Rosie Cooper | 543 c1339-40 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to the debate. May I begin by telling...
David Anderson | 543 c1340-1 (Link to this contribution) There is an old saying that in politics, timing is everything, but as we keep on being blessed by th...
Valerie Vaz | 543 c1332 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that intervention. I do not know whether he has ever been a worker right at...
Jim Shannon | 543 c1327-9 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, it is not for me to say—perhaps the Minister can comment on that—but we all know what we ...
Mark Menzies | 543 c1329 (Link to this contribution) Out of respect for the number of right hon. and hon. Members who wish to take part in tonight's deba...
Jim Shannon | 543 c1327 (Link to this contribution) I am reminded of a comment I made last week: if it smells like a horse and looks like a horse, we do...
Madeleine Moon | 543 c1327 (Link to this contribution) We have heard the reassurance from the Government that there is no stalking horse and that no preced...
Valerie Vaz | 543 c1331 (Link to this contribution) It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies), even though I oppose the...
Alison Seabeck | 543 c1332 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point about the bulk of the workers being female. We should also b...
Mark Menzies | 543 c1329-31 (Link to this contribution) The USA is one example. An hon. Member asked whether other countries that have held the Olympic game...
Valerie Vaz | 543 c1332 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point, because the people who travel on the buses are mostly women...
Mark Prisk | 543 c1332 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady says that families will be prevented. However, we made it clear—this is something that...
Gordon Henderson | 543 c1314 (Link to this contribution) I have great respect for my hon. Friend, as he is well aware, but I think he is being a little naive...
Mark Reckless | 543 c1314 (Link to this contribution) On the contrary, will we not be looking for a significant boost in north Kent from the Olympics? We ...
Meg Munn | 543 c1314-5 (Link to this contribution) Britain's success in hosting the 2012 Olympic games provides a fantastic opportunity for people thro...
Nick de Bois | 543 c1315 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady agree that the problem with the idea that this is the thin end of the wedge and a...
Meg Munn | 543 c1315 (Link to this contribution) Many, many people are concerned and suspicious of that. Clearly, the view expressed by the hon. Gent...
Helen Jones | 543 c1315 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, like me, represents a constituency a long way from London. Does she agree that it is...
Meg Munn | 543 c1315 (Link to this contribution) That is precisely my point. If the Government had set out to undertake proper consultation, the sugg...
Jim Shannon | 543 c1315 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Lady aware that the Chancellor has said that the suspension will be a temporary measure,...
Meg Munn | 543 c1315 (Link to this contribution) If the Treasury decides to come forward with that, the hon. Member for Enfield North (Nick de Bois) ...
Meg Munn | 543 c1316-7 (Link to this contribution) Of course there will be that concern for newly employed staff, but we know from existing practices t...
Gregory Campbell | 543 c1316 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady and other Members have alluded to the USDAW survey and the concerns of existing employ...
Robert Flello | 543 c1315-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a very good and thoughtful speech. Does she agree that there are two other ...
Meg Munn | 543 c1317 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend is right. We know that when someone receiving benefits has flexible ho...
Alison Seabeck | 543 c1317 (Link to this contribution) On that point, I am not sure how many hon. Members have actually worked in a shop, but I worked for ...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 543 c1318 (Link to this contribution) I want to make a few remarks about this short Bill and seek assurances on behalf of some interested ...
Madeleine Moon | 543 c1318 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady not accept that the people who will flock to the UK also need to see the other ar...
Meg Munn | 543 c1317-8 (Link to this contribution) I will make a little progress. The Association of Convenience Stores has strong concerns about the ...
Speaker | 543 c1318 (Link to this contribution) Order. Members should please resume their seats. This is a popular debate and a number of Members ha...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1309 (Link to this contribution) I have worked in several shops and I do not recall everybody rushing to work on a Sunday. I have alr...
Philip Davies | 543 c1309 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman said that 78% of USDAW workers did not want to work extra on a Sunday. Given that...
Gavin Shuker | 543 c1310 (Link to this contribution) Is not the point here that Sundays are perhaps easier to fill because many employers pay a premium t...
Yvonne Fovargue | 543 c1308 (Link to this contribution) My constituents have been going to their employers saying, ““We need extra hours because we lose our...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1309 (Link to this contribution) Of course I agree with my hon. Friend that those workers deserve time with their families; she is ab...
Helen Jones | 543 c1308 (Link to this contribution) It is already clear that many shop workers feel pressure to work on Sundays, despite the legal prote...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1310 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite right, and of course that is the great concern. I was about to deal with th...
Robert Flello | 543 c1310 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will be aware that although London has been blessed with a good public transport syst...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1310-1 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with what my hon. Friend says, which is why we have tabled our amendments. Again,...
Gordon Henderson | 543 c1311-2 (Link to this contribution) I begin by declaring my long-standing support for the retail trade. It would be very strange if I di...
Gordon Henderson | 543 c1312 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. The special nature of Sunday was recognised by the Sunday Trading Act 1994, ...
Gordon Henderson | 543 c1312 (Link to this contribution) I accept that there are people in the retail trade who want to work on a Sunday, and of course those...
Philip Davies | 543 c1312 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend rightly says that some people do not want to work on a Sunday, and I certainly respec...
Gordon Henderson | 543 c1312 (Link to this contribution) I take it that my hon. Friend has never worked in the retail industry, so he would not understand th...
Bob Stewart | 543 c1312 (Link to this contribution) It seems to me that people in the retail trade have a choice; they do not have to work on a Sunday. ...
Speaker | 543 c1313 (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Gordon Henderson) responds, may I remind Membe...
Gordon Henderson | 543 c1313 (Link to this contribution) I take the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire (Glyn Davies), but the 1994 A...
Gordon Henderson | 543 c1313 (Link to this contribution) I cannot say that I remember that, and I go back a long way, albeit out in the sticks; perhaps the p...
Joan Ruddock | 543 c1312 (Link to this contribution) I am old enough—perhaps the hon. Gentleman is, too—to remember when the big stores opened on Sundays...
Brandon Lewis | 543 c1324 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister will cover those details. One of the key reasons I am happy to support t...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 543 c1318 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more with the hon. Lady; we should be promoting other tourist opportunities in oth...
Bob Stewart | 543 c1318 (Link to this contribution) It seems to me that, if there is no demand for extended hours on a Sunday, large shops will not open...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 543 c1318 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree. I think that many shops outside the tourist areas will elect not to open, because i...
David Anderson | 543 c1320 (Link to this contribution) My understanding is that across government the norm for consultation is 13 weeks. The Bill was first...
Andrew Gwynne | 543 c1322 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to point to the concern that this may be used as a precedent. Was he as surp...
Graham Stringer | 543 c1320-2 (Link to this contribution) Unusually, but not uniquely, I did not support London's bid for the Olympic games. I said so in the ...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 543 c1319 (Link to this contribution) I have agreed with everyone who has intervened, which is probably not very politically correct. I co...
Andrew Gwynne | 543 c1319 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Lady's argument, but is not the danger and the concern of small convenience sh...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 543 c1319-20 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that assurance. Several Opposition colleagues have mentioned the ...
Mark Prisk | 543 c1319 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a specific point, and I am aware that several Members want to speak, so I shall ...
Graham Stringer | 543 c1322 (Link to this contribution) I was not surprised. I suspect that this is driven by lobbying by the very big stores, which want to...
Graham Stringer | 543 c1322 (Link to this contribution) It is also, as my hon. Friend says, driven by the Treasury. Ministers would not be able to give exam...
Baroness Coffey | 543 c1324 (Link to this contribution) I have visited Great Yarmouth and it is a delightful place—just as delightful as the towns in my con...
Brandon Lewis | 543 c1323 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with the hon. Lady: Great Yarmouth is the second largest seaside resort in the country, a...
Madeleine Moon | 543 c1323 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is the Member for a constituency that is a small coastal resort. In my constituen...
Brandon Lewis | 543 c1323 (Link to this contribution) I referred to Westfield, Bluewater and Lakeside because people are making trips to shopping centres ...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1323 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that ultimately the problem that the Bill presents is that we have to...
Brandon Lewis | 543 c1323 (Link to this contribution) My constituency is not hosting an Olympic event and is more than 100 miles away from London. However...
Yasmin Qureshi | 543 c1322-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks about London, but my constituency is 230 miles away from the Olympics. This...
Brandon Lewis | 543 c1322 (Link to this contribution) With the Olympics, we have an amazing opportunity ahead of us whereby, as many have said over the pa...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1303 (Link to this contribution) I have not received a single representation in favour of this Bill, but I have received many opposin...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1303 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend poses a good question, and I refer him to a piece written by the hon. Member for Mid ...
Denis MacShane | 543 c1303 (Link to this contribution) It is interesting that this Bill has been introduced so very recently. Never has a major legislative...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1302 (Link to this contribution) I do not recollect any mention of synchronised shopping trolleys. I will deal with my hon. Friend's ...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 543 c1302 (Link to this contribution) I am minded to support the Bill, although I feel sad about the fact that I will not be in the same L...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1302 (Link to this contribution) We have raised that issue with the Secretary of State. Although, according to the Government's Busin...
David Wright | 543 c1303 (Link to this contribution) At what point did the Government raise the issues in the Bill with Opposition Front Benchers? How mu...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1303 (Link to this contribution) I was coming to that point. With the bid won, our party, in government, proceeded to work in close ...
Gerry Sutcliffe | 543 c1303 (Link to this contribution) I am a former Sports Minister who sat on the Olympic Board, and a former consumer Minister who had t...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1306-8 (Link to this contribution) I do not know about the hon. Lady, but when I spend time with my family on a Sunday, we do not neces...
Ian Lavery | 543 c1308 (Link to this contribution) I asked the Secretary of State a question earlier and was a little baffled by the response; perhaps ...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1306 (Link to this contribution) May I say how good it is to see my hon. Friend back in the House? He makes a very good point about t...
Hugh Bayley | 543 c1306 (Link to this contribution) I am trying to make up my mind whether the Government have been caught napping and forced to ramrod ...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1306 (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately, our amendments were rejected in the other place and I have had no indication that the...
Helen Grant | 543 c1306 (Link to this contribution) On the family point, does the hon. Gentleman not agree that if larger shops open for longer, that wi...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1305 (Link to this contribution) I agree. As I have said, no representations have been made to me arguing in favour of the measures i...
Joan Ruddock | 543 c1305 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very valuable point. We should also think about those workers who currently w...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1305 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. That is precisely why we have tabled an amendment to ensure that working tim...
Lord Beamish | 543 c1305-6 (Link to this contribution) In 2004, I promoted the Christmas Day (Trading) Bill, which became an Act later that year. One of th...
Ian Mearns | 543 c1305 (Link to this contribution) We in Tyneside have a long history of putting on large, huge participation sporting events, such as ...
Andrew Gwynne | 543 c1305 (Link to this contribution) Did my hon. Friend notice that when the Secretary of State was explaining why he considered the Olym...
Mike Gapes | 543 c1305 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend say to those people who will be affected by these measures that, even if the Gov...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1305 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to be able to give the assurance that we certainly would not support any permanent change...
Mark Field | 543 c1304 (Link to this contribution) Despite the concerns that have been expressed, the reality is that this measure is likely to end up ...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1304 (Link to this contribution) The problem in this respect is that the silence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on these matters ...
Gavin Shuker | 543 c1304 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is being characteristically generous in taking interventions. He has tabled a number ...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1304 (Link to this contribution) That is certainly the view of many outside this House, too. One has to ask why the Secretary of Sta...
Alex Cunningham | 543 c1304 (Link to this contribution) Some time ago, the Prime Minister said that"““from here on I want a family test applied to all domes...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) I am very supportive of many elements of the Bill, but one aspect that concerns me is the fact that ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) We are giving the message very strongly to employers that they should communicate that to their work...
David Anderson | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) Is the Secretary of State aware of the survey carried out among 20,000 members of the Union of Shop,...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure what is meant by saying that 73% of people believe this will affect future rights. The...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1297 (Link to this contribution) I shall take one more intervention, but then I want to make some progress.
Vincent Cable | 543 c1297 (Link to this contribution) I understand that, as I occasionally go on holidays across the channel. Several European countries a...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1297 (Link to this contribution) I shall move on now and take further interventions later. The provision that I have described will ...
Toby Perkins | 543 c1294-5 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has gone to great pains to state that this will be a temporary position, and ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1295 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware of any such separate briefing from the Treasury. I am working alongside my colleagues...
Hugh Bayley | 543 c1295 (Link to this contribution) If the Bill is passed, the suspension period will run from 22 July to 9 September, covering the whol...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) Perfectly normal contractual arrangements will apply in respect of holidays. We are speaking extensi...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1295 (Link to this contribution) Given what the Secretary of State has just said about the religious sensitivities surrounding the is...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1295 (Link to this contribution) I will endeavour, through my eloquence, to persuade my hon. Friends to vote for the Bill on its meri...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State explain the practical effect of the change in the notice period for empl...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) I am trying to understand the logic of the hon. Gentleman's question. As I understand it, if notice ...
Ian Lavery | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State confirm whether an employer has the right to deny a valid application not...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1296 (Link to this contribution) The existing rules and rights will apply; they will not be changed in any way.
Vincent Cable | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman is talking about a legal challenge to the Government, or a ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) Well, if the trade unions or others wish to make legal challenges, applying for a judicial review or...
Mike Gapes | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State tell us what legal advice he has had about what will happen if, in the p...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1298-9 (Link to this contribution) I have already allowed the right hon. Lady one intervention, so I hope she will not mind if I move o...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1299 (Link to this contribution) I shall give way in a moment. If the hon. Lady waits patiently, I will take her intervention. It wo...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1299 (Link to this contribution) I will take further interventions in a moment. [Interruption.]
Jim Shannon | 543 c1297 (Link to this contribution) For the record, I am a Democratic Unionist, not an Ulster Unionist. In an earlier response, the Mini...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1297 (Link to this contribution) If that was the worry, we have dealt with it effectively, making it absolutely clear that this is a ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1297 (Link to this contribution) I shall take the intervention from the Ulster Unionist Benches.
Helen Grant | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) I am in favour of this Bill, and I would like the Secretary of State to reconfirm that the provision...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) We have heard many negative interventions, expressing worry about the impact, but for most people, w...
Joan Walley | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) For the sake of clarity, given that employers will not be required to set out the new arrangements, ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) They will be able to opt out if they wish.
John McDonnell | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) Let us be clear. Will employers be legally obliged to inform their workers of the new regulations?
Vincent Cable | 543 c1298 (Link to this contribution) No, they are not legally obliged, but we are working with them to ensure that they do. I think most ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) The different companies will avail themselves of the Bill to varying degrees and in various parts of...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1290-1 (Link to this contribution) Yes; I have already given that assurance to the right hon. Member for Oxford East (Mr Smith), and I ...
Roger Gale | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my right hon. Friend knows that I have been opposed to Sunday trading since day one. ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1291 (Link to this contribution) I will take one more intervention and then move on.
Speaker | 543 c1291 (Link to this contribution) Order. The Secretary of State is trying to answer one intervention and there are about 10 people on ...
Mark Pritchard | 543 c1291 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, and I have a lot of sympathy with the commen...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1289 (Link to this contribution) They will not have to. We are discussing how individual workers can opt out, should they wish to do ...
David Wright | 543 c1289 (Link to this contribution) I know that the Secretary of State is trying to outline the broad principles of the Bill, but I woul...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) The Trojan horse was invoked several times in the earlier debate, but I can give the right hon. Gent...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) Undoubtedly, there are practical difficulties in defining geographical boundaries, but actually that...
Mark Field | 543 c1289-90 (Link to this contribution) I have some sympathy with the point made by the hon. Member for Telford (David Wright), but will the...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) I will take two more interventions.
Joan Ruddock | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will have had discussions with the major shopping chains throughout the UK. H...
Andrew Selous | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. He is being extremely generous ver...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) Of course, they could opt out of the commitments, as is already provided for under existing legislat...
Gavin Shuker | 543 c1294 (Link to this contribution) I do not want the Secretary of State to move on before we have dealt with his substantive point. He ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1294 (Link to this contribution) I am just as great a fan of Welsh tourism as the hon. Lady, but as she says, large shops do not exis...
Stephen Pound | 543 c1294 (Link to this contribution) It might come as a shock to the Secretary of State and to the House to learn that this will be my se...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1294 (Link to this contribution) Of course I cannot commit Her Majesty the Queen or the processes of the House in deciding on its bus...
Frank Dobson | 543 c1293-4 (Link to this contribution) Have the Government given any consideration to the impact of this proposal on drunkenness, in view o...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1293 (Link to this contribution) We will return in more detail to the areas outside London, but the Centre for Retail Research, to wh...
Madeleine Moon | 543 c1294 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has talked a great deal about capitalising on the Olympics and showcasing the...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1294 (Link to this contribution) That was a good pun, but the right hon. Gentleman will know that the licensing of alcohol is governe...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1294 (Link to this contribution) The evidence for the pent-up demand comes from the additional number of visitors; it is as simple as...
Yasmin Qureshi | 543 c1293 (Link to this contribution) But 60,000 shopkeepers are saying that they will suffer as a result of the extension for larger stor...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1292 (Link to this contribution) Yes, we have indeed taken into account the Association of Convenience Stores, which has submitted so...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 543 c1292 (Link to this contribution) I share the concerns expressed about the way in which the work force will be treated, but I want to ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1292 (Link to this contribution) All the interventions so far have made a clear distinction between a temporary exception and a perma...
Philip Davies | 543 c1292 (Link to this contribution) I very much support the Government with this Bill. However, if the Secretary of State believes it is...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1292 (Link to this contribution) We are reducing the period to two months, in order to give everybody the opportunity to opt out befo...
Baroness Berger | 543 c1292 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has been kind in allowing interventions. He has said twice in his opening rem...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1291-2 (Link to this contribution) I will take further interventions later if hon. Members still have unanswered questions. Let me say...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1293 (Link to this contribution) I think those 60,000 shopkeepers—that is indeed the number—are probably being too pessimistic. As I ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1293 (Link to this contribution) I will take one more intervention and then move on.
Nicholas Dakin | 543 c1300 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is being very generous in allowing Members to make their points. The headquar...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1300 (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman is, like me, a strong supporter of the Commonwealth, but I am sure he...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1300 (Link to this contribution) I will take two more interventions, one from each side of the House. I am sure that other Members wh...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1300 (Link to this contribution) I am familiar with the research carried out by the Association of Convenience Stores, which has done...
Clive Efford | 543 c1299 (Link to this contribution) What economic impact assessment tells the Secretary of State that all these visitors in London for t...
David Lammy | 543 c1300 (Link to this contribution) Why was it not considered appropriate to change our rules for the Commonwealth games in Manchester? ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1300 (Link to this contribution) We have covered that already in our earlier discussion and I have provided figures on economic benef...
Ann Coffey | 543 c1299 (Link to this contribution) Like many others, Stockport town centre is struggling. Can the Secretary of State tell me what on ea...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1299 (Link to this contribution) Let me finish this point. Then I will take hon. Members' interventions, as I have done throughout th...
Robert Flello | 543 c1302 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend recall hearing, at the same time as the announcement of the fantastic news of th...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1301-2 (Link to this contribution) No, not on this occasion. We have also spoken to representatives of small businesses such as the As...
David Wright | 543 c1301 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State give way?
Vincent Cable | 543 c1301 (Link to this contribution) I want to end my speech now. I have taken a great many interventions, and there will be further oppo...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1301 (Link to this contribution) Given that I represent Twickenham, I think that I have some sense of the impact of major sporting ev...
Susan Elan Jones | 543 c1301 (Link to this contribution) Is the Secretary of State not creating a precedent in terms of large sporting events? What if, on th...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1301 (Link to this contribution) I will take one more intervention, and then I must conclude my speech.
Vincent Cable | 543 c1301 (Link to this contribution) First, those supermarkets will not be able to use the Bill as a precedent, because we have made it c...
Mark Field | 543 c1300 (Link to this contribution) I think many of us feel that, 25 years ago or thereabouts, we reached a sensible compromise over Sun...
Mark Prisk | 543 c1354-6 (Link to this contribution) The change is supported by the British Council of Shopping Centres, Tesco, Morrison and Asda, to nam...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1354 (Link to this contribution) I should be grateful if the Minister would respond in particular to the point about the need for emp...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1289 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I will start by setting out the context of ...
David Wright | 543 c1289 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State give way?
Vincent Cable | 543 c1289 (Link to this contribution) I will happily give way, but may I first finish my introduction? Hon. Members know that I am always ...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 543 c1344 (Link to this contribution) That might have been unintentional, but I am happy to say that certainly hon. Members from Northern ...
Ian Lavery | 543 c1335-6 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. I am sure that not just my constituents but those of ev...
Gordon Henderson | 543 c1313-4 (Link to this contribution) I agree 100% with my hon. Friend. The point is that Sunday is special; the 1994 Act recognised that ...
Philip Davies | 543 c1313 (Link to this contribution) I am puzzled as to why my hon. Friend thinks that it is important for Sunday to be kept special for ...
Meg Munn | 543 c1316 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend introduces just two circumstances that could occur. I shall shortly come on to others...
Glyn Davies | 543 c1313 (Link to this contribution) I am probably old enough to remember when there were no stores to open. I have some sympathy with wh...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 543 c1320 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point, but given the time scale, the fact that the Government ...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1308 (Link to this contribution) On the first part of the question, I should say as a former employment lawyer that, notwithstanding ...
David Lammy | 543 c1297 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State recognise that the average retail worker in London is a woman who has a ...
Vincent Cable | 543 c1291 (Link to this contribution) I can repeat what I have already said. This is not just a personal commitment by the Minister of Sta...
Andrew Smith | 543 c1290 (Link to this contribution) In the light of that answer, what sort of assurance can the Secretary of State give the House that t...
Tom Harris | 543 c1293 (Link to this contribution) An hon. Member no longer in his place made a valid point, even though I come at this from completely...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1302 (Link to this contribution) I am a London boy and very, very proud of it. I believe that the richness, the dynamism and the ener...
Nia Griffith | 543 c1329 (Link to this contribution) Which countries have longer opening on Sundays than ours?
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1308 (Link to this contribution) It is reasonable for any employee to object to working on a Sunday so that they can spend more time ...
Baroness Coffey | 543 c1312 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that stores are not allowed to open on Easter Sunday, and the world did no...
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1302 (Link to this contribution) I will give way to the Member representing the Olympic park.
Chuka Umunna | 543 c1304 (Link to this contribution) I have some sympathy with that view, and I will come on to address the effect on families.
Vincent Cable | 543 c1299 (Link to this contribution) There will be significant additional activity in the Manchester area. I cannot decide at this stage—...
Subjects
Conditions of employment Leisure Greater London Opening hours Religion Small businesses Working hours Shops Retail trade Supermarkets Sunday trading Olympic Games 2012 Paralympic Games 2012 Sunset clauses
Legislation
Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill (HL) 2010-12
Link
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