§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures Her Majesty's Government are taking to ensure that in any reform of the Shops Act 1950, the position of small shops is protected.
§ Mrs. RumboldAs I indicated in my reply on 26 November to an earlier question from my hon. Friend at columns446–47, proposals that small shops should be allowed legally to trade longer into the evenings, and in the full range of their goods on Sundays, are being taken fully into account in our consideration of the reform of the Shops Act.