Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities (EDM149)

Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities

EDM number 149 in 2004-05, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 24/11/2004.

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 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	24/11/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Martin Smyth	25/11/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/11/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	29/11/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	29/11/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	29/11/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alistair Burt	30/11/2004	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	30/11/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	30/11/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/11/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	30/11/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	30/11/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Hurst	30/11/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	30/11/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	01/12/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	01/12/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	01/12/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	01/12/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Win Griffiths	01/12/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/12/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	02/12/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
David Drew	02/12/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	02/12/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/12/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/12/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	06/12/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	06/12/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	07/12/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	07/12/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	07/12/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Gummer	09/12/2004	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	21/02/2005	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Parmjit Gill	06/04/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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