HC Deb 23 May 1990 vol 173 cc176-7W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans the Government have to introduce legislation to remove restrictions on small shopkeepers' opening hours; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Mellor

So long as opinions differ widely on the subject of Sunday trading, the Government have no plans for early legislation to reform the Shops Act 1950.