Orders of the Day — Sunday Observance Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 January 1953.

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Photo of Sir John Henderson Sir John Henderson , Glasgow Cathcart 12:00, 30 January 1953

This Bill will not help matters. I believe that the problem which confronts this country and the world today is not an economic one. I believe that we have let go the faith of our fathers. The questions of great moral and spiritual value have not got their place today either here or in many other parts of the world. There never was a time like the present, when the sky was so darkened with clouds and when statesmen of the highest rank, with all their expert advisers, were gathered together to try to solve the problems which confronts them.

What is wrong is that we have not taken into account His way of life and His way of guidance. Our hearts have been bolted and barred against Him. I hope that the day will come when there will be a resurgence of a desire to return to the things of spiritual and moral value. For these reasons I appeal to the House to reject this Bill in the hope that the Church and other religious organisations will continue to carry out their services on Sunday, the day that God has given to us.