Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities (EDM518)

Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities

EDM number 518 in 2000-01, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 02/04/2001.

That this House notes neither Good Friday nor Christmas Day are included in the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 on the grounds that they are traditional days of rest and worship; further notes that the restrictions under the Sunday Trading Act 1994 do not apply to either of these important days in the Christian calendar; recognises that competitive pressures find many Christians in a position where they feel compelled to work on these days, and that many Christians view commercial activities on these days as showing a disregard and disrespect for their religion; and therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to review existing legislation relating to the Holiest days in the Christian calendar and bring forward change that will protect Christians from being compelled to engage in commercial activities on Good Friday and Christmas Day.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	02/04/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	03/04/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/04/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	03/04/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	03/04/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/04/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	04/04/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	04/04/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/04/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Mike Hancock	04/04/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	04/04/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	04/04/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Cook	04/04/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/04/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	04/04/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
William Ross	04/04/2001	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Helen Jones	05/04/2001	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	05/04/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	05/04/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	05/04/2001	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	05/04/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	05/04/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	06/04/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	09/04/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Anderson	10/04/2001	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/04/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	23/04/2001	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	23/04/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/04/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/04/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	01/05/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
David Drew	03/05/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	10/05/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed

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