Mr. MONTAGUE BARLOWasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received a memorial from the National Traders' Defence League of Manchester with regard to amending the Shops Act of 1912 by with-drawing the Exemption Clause; and whether he proposes to take any action with regard to it?
§ Mr. McKENNAYes, Sir, I have received such a memorial. The exemption provision in Section 4 was a part of the compromise arrived at in Committee on the subject of closing for a weekly half-holiday, and it is much too soon to consider the question of legislation for its repeal.