DEBATE: Is the proposal to suspend Sunday trading laws misguided? Is the proposal to suspend Sunday trading laws for a year misguided? Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, says YES. Shop workers have been at the forefront of responding to our needs during this crisis. They immediately stepped up to meet the demands in their communities to ensure that everyone was able to receive [...]
Time to scrap our archaic and misguided Sunday trading laws The Sunday Trading Act 1994 came into force 25 years ago yesterday, allowing shops to open on Sundays, but restricting opening times of stores over 3,000 square feet to six consecutive hours between 10am and 6pm. This compromise followed the defeat of the Shops Bill 1986 – Margaret Thatcher’s only defeat in the House of [...]
