Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities (EDM14)

Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities

EDM number 14 in 2001-02, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 20/06/2001.

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 59 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	20/06/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Martin Smyth	21/06/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/06/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	21/06/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Tyler	21/06/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	22/06/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	22/06/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	25/06/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	25/06/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/06/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	26/06/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Amess	26/06/2001	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Julian Brazier	26/06/2001	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/06/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/06/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	26/06/2001	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	26/06/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	26/06/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	27/06/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	27/06/2001	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	27/06/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	27/06/2001	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	27/06/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	27/06/2001	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	27/06/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	27/06/2001	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Andy King	27/06/2001	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/06/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/06/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Howarth	28/06/2001	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Win Griffiths	28/06/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	28/06/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/06/2001	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	28/06/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	28/06/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	28/06/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	02/07/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	02/07/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	02/07/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	03/07/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	03/07/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	03/07/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Joan Humble	04/07/2001	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/07/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	05/07/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	05/07/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	05/07/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	05/07/2001	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/07/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	12/07/2001	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Russell Brown	17/07/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	17/07/2001	Workington	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	19/07/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/07/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/07/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Tynan	19/07/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	05/11/2001	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	16/11/2001	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	08/01/2002	Ilford North	Labour	Signed

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