Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities (EDM145)

Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities

EDM number 145 in 2003-04, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 27/11/2003.

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This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	27/11/2003	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	01/12/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	01/12/2003	Belfast South	Independent Ulster Unionist	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/12/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/12/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	02/12/2003	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jim Dobbin	02/12/2003	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	02/12/2003	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/12/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/12/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	02/12/2003	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	03/12/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	03/12/2003	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/12/2003	Lagan Valley	Independent Ulster Unionist	Signed
David Drew	03/12/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/12/2003	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	04/12/2003	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	04/12/2003	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/12/2003	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	04/12/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/12/2003	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Brian Cotter	04/12/2003	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	04/12/2003	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	04/12/2003	Romford	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	04/12/2003	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	04/12/2003	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/12/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/12/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	11/12/2003	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	11/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/12/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/12/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Donald Anderson	15/12/2003	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	15/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	16/12/2003	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	17/12/2003	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/01/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	21/01/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/02/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	23/02/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	26/02/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/03/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bob Blizzard	21/04/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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