Christmas Day Trading (Hansard, 6 February 2002)

§ Mrs. Dunwoody
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many customers shopped on Christmas day 2001 in England and Wales. [30946]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
No data are available on the number of customers shopping on Christmas day 2001.

§ Mrs. Dunwoody
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will publish the results of the regulatory impact assessment on the Christmas Day (Trading) Bill. [30940]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
No regulatory impact assessment has been completed in respect of the Bill.

§ Mrs. Dunwoody
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will publish the representations her Department has received from retailers about the Christmas Day (Trading) Bill. [30861]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
The Department has so far received no representations from retailers about the Bill.

§ Mrs. Dunwoody
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many retailers have indicated to her Department that they(a) would never open on Christmas day, (b) would consider opening on Christmas day and (c) intend to open on Christmas day, in the last five years. [30945]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
No retailers had indicated their intentions on these matters to the Department.