HC Deb 15 November 1990 vol 180 c215W
15. Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he plans to take to reform Sunday and late-night trading.

20. Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy on the regulation of Sunday trading.

Mrs. Rumbold

Since the defeat of the Shops Bill, the Government have made it clear that they are prepared to consider reform of the Shops Act 1950, short of total deregulation, if a solution can be found which is widely accepted, enforceable, practicable and likely to command a parliamentary majority. No such solution has yet emerged, but the Government continue to encourage interested parties to find common ground.