Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities (EDM74)

Christian Holy Days And Commercial Activities

EDM number 74 in 2006-07, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 15/11/2006.

That this House notes that 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 the 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This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	15/11/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	15/11/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Rosindell	16/11/2006	Romford	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	16/11/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lady Hermon	16/11/2006	North Down	UUP	Seconded
John Pugh	16/11/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Hemming	16/11/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/11/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	20/11/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	20/11/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/11/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	20/11/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/11/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	20/11/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	21/11/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
David Lidington	21/11/2006	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
Albert Owen	21/11/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	21/11/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	21/11/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John Leech	21/11/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	21/11/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	22/11/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Dan Rogerson	22/11/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	22/11/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	22/11/2006	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Tom Brake	22/11/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/11/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Breed	22/11/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	23/11/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/11/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	23/11/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	23/11/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	23/11/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	27/11/2006	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	27/11/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	29/11/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/11/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Stunell	30/11/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	04/12/2006	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/12/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	07/12/2006	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	08/02/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Helen Goodman	Unknown			Withdrawn

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