§ Mr. ASTORasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, under the Shops Act, 1911, the proprietor of a shop who employs no assistants is compelled to close his business on one day of the week, at not later than one o'clock in the afternoon; and, where the local authority has not fixed a day for the weekly half-holiday, whether he is compelled to affix a notice in his shop specifying the day on which the shop is closed?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe answer to both questions is in the affirmative, unless the trade or business carried on is one of those included in the Second Schedule to the Act, or has been exempted by an order of the local authority.