§ 55. Mr. CASSELasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether 1487 a caterer employing one person only, who is a relative, cannot on one day of the week employ such relative after half-past one in the afternoon, although both employer and employed desire to continue the employment, and although the main business of the day is done after one o'clock; whether any representations on this subject have been made to him; and whether he would consider the advisability of amending the Shops Act, 1911, in this respect?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. McKenna)The Act requires that every shop assistant must be given a half-holiday on one weekday in each week. As regards the second part of the question, I would refer the hon. and learned Member to the answer which I gave on the 9th of May to the hon. Member for Harwich.