§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his Department has carried out or sponsored any research into the economic consequences for Wales of the introduction of Sunday trading.
§ Mr. MellorThe Institute for Fiscal Studies carried out an economic review of the likely effects of possible changes in the permitted trading hours of shops in England, Scotland and Wales which has been published as an appendix to the report of the Auld committee: "Late Night and Sunday Opening" (Cmnd. 9376). Specific research has not been sponsored separately for Wales alone.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his latest estimate of the implications for employment in Wales of the introduction of Sunday trading.
§ Mr. MellorI have no reason to suppose that the predictions of the Institute for Fiscal Studies for England and Wales as a whole should not apply other than in a proportionate manner to Wales.