Employment And Skills In The Retail Sector

EDM number 941 in 2010-12, proposed by Ann Coffey on 02/11/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Service industries.

That this House welcomes the British Retail Consortium's new report Retail in Society: Britain's Favourite Job; congratulates the contributing retailersontheir initiatives to enhance staff skills and provide training opportunities; recognises the excellent prospects for career progression the retail sector delivers through flexible working; appreciates the huge importance of large scale employment that retail can provide, particularly in the current climate; and acknowledges the importance of retail within the private sector as a key driver of growth.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.