Christmas Day (EDM327)

Christmas Day

EDM number 327 in 2003-04, proposed by Kevan Jones on 17/12/2003.

That this House cherishes Christmas Day as a special day, particularly for families and children, and welcomes the campaign by USDAW, the shop workers' union, on behalf of 2.6 million shop workers of the United Kingdom; regrets that many shops remain open on Christmas Day because employers put undue pressure on shop workers to abandon their family responsibilities on this important religious and public holiday; notes that the vast majority of shop workers are parents who should be able to spend Christmas with their children; also notes that current law offers no protection to such workers when Christmas Day does not fall on a Sunday; further notes that Christmas is an extremely busy and stressful period for shop workers and believes that they deserve at least one day off; and calls on the Government to protect shop workers on Christmas Day.

This motion has been signed by a total of 223 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Kevan Jones	17/12/2003	North Durham	Labour	Proposed
Parmjit Dhanda	17/12/2003	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	17/12/2003	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	17/12/2003	Wolverhampton North East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Syd Rapson	17/12/2003	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	17/12/2003	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	17/12/2003	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	17/12/2003	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	17/12/2003	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	17/12/2003	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
John Smith	17/12/2003	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	17/12/2003	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	17/12/2003	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/12/2003	Luton North	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	17/12/2003	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	17/12/2003	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hughes	17/12/2003	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	17/12/2003	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	17/12/2003	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Andy King	17/12/2003	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	17/12/2003	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	17/12/2003	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	17/12/2003	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	17/12/2003	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	17/12/2003	Halifax	Labour	Signed
John Mann	17/12/2003	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	17/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	17/12/2003	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
John McFall	17/12/2003	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Shona McIsaac	17/12/2003	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	17/12/2003	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	17/12/2003	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	17/12/2003	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	17/12/2003	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	17/12/2003	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	17/12/2003	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	17/12/2003	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	17/12/2003	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	17/12/2003	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Ann Coffey	17/12/2003	Stockport	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	17/12/2003	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	17/12/2003	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	17/12/2003	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	17/12/2003	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	17/12/2003	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	17/12/2003	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	17/12/2003	Aberdeen Central	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	17/12/2003	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	17/12/2003	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	17/12/2003	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2003	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	17/12/2003	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	17/12/2003	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	17/12/2003	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	17/12/2003	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	17/12/2003	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	17/12/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	17/12/2003	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	17/12/2003	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	17/12/2003	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	17/12/2003	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	17/12/2003	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	17/12/2003	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	17/12/2003	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Brian White	17/12/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	17/12/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	18/12/2003	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Si	18/12/2003	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	18/12/2003	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	18/12/2003	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	18/12/2003	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/12/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	18/12/2003	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	18/12/2003	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	18/12/2003	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	18/12/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	18/12/2003	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	18/12/2003	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	18/12/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	05/01/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	05/01/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Keith Bradley	05/01/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	05/01/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	05/01/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	05/01/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/01/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	06/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/01/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/01/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	06/01/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	06/01/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	06/01/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/01/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Joan Humble	07/01/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	07/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	07/01/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	07/01/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Tony Colman	07/01/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	07/01/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	07/01/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	07/01/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	07/01/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Keith Vaz	07/01/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	07/01/2004	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	08/01/2004	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	08/01/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/01/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	08/01/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	08/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	08/01/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	08/01/2004	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Dean	08/01/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	08/01/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Huw Edwards	08/01/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	08/01/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	08/01/2004	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/01/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	12/01/2004	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Marsden	12/01/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/01/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	12/01/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	12/01/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	12/01/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	12/01/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	13/01/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	13/01/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	14/01/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	14/01/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	14/01/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Albert Owen	15/01/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	20/01/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	21/01/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Hurst	22/01/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	26/01/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	26/01/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/01/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	28/01/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/01/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Borrow	05/02/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/02/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	09/02/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	10/02/2004	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	11/02/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	11/02/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	11/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/02/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Louise Ellman	12/02/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Flynn	12/02/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	23/02/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	23/02/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/02/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	24/02/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	24/02/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	24/02/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diana Organ	25/02/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	26/02/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	26/02/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	26/02/2004	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	26/02/2004	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	26/02/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	26/02/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martyn Jones	26/02/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	26/02/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	26/02/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	26/02/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
David Cameron	26/02/2004	Witney	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	26/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
James Clappison	26/02/2004	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
David Clelland	26/02/2004	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	26/02/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	26/02/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/02/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Anderson	26/02/2004	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	26/02/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	26/02/2004	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	26/02/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/02/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	26/02/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	26/02/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	26/02/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Truswell	26/02/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	26/02/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Wilkinson	26/02/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
David Wright	26/02/2004	Telford	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	02/03/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	03/03/2004	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
John Battle	03/03/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/03/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Steve Webb	18/03/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	22/03/2004	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	23/03/2004	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Bennett	23/03/2004	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	24/03/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
John Austin	24/03/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Laws	25/03/2004	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	25/03/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	25/03/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	26/03/2004	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/03/2004	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Terry Lewis	29/03/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	29/03/2004	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	30/03/2004	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	31/03/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	01/04/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	19/04/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Meacher	19/04/2004	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	19/04/2004	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Lembit	21/04/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	22/04/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Field	28/04/2004	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/05/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Lewis	10/06/2004	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	21/06/2004	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	07/09/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Watson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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