HC Deb 02 February 1989 vol 146 c379W
31. Mr. Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received in response to his request for views on the reform of Sunday shopping.

82. Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received in response to his request for views on the reform of Sunday shopping.

84. Mr. Mudd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations his Department has received from interested parties on ways to amend the Shops Act 1950.

Mr. Renton

I would refer my hon. Friends to the reply I gave earlier to the question from the hon. Member for Normanton ( Mr. O'Brien).

85. Sir Bernard Braine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from churches and other religious bodies concerning proposals to update the law on Sunday trading.

Mr. Renton

Since November 1986 we have received 66 written representations on behalf of a church or other religious body. Among the correspondents have been the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Hume, the Chief Rabbi and the Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council. I have also met the Bishop of Gloucester, chairman of the General Synod's Board for Social Responsibility, on three occasions, and the Bishop of London.