Orders of the Day — Sunday Trading Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:35 pm on 29 November 1993.

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Photo of Mr David Alton Mr David Alton , Liverpool Mossley Hill 5:35, 29 November 1993

The Home Secretary will recall that last week there was criticism from within his Department of the Churches, which were described as being strangely silent about moral and ethical questions facing the country. He will also recall that this morning, in The Times, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of Westminster, the Chief Rabbi and the Moderator of the Free Churches gave a moral and ethical lead in arguing, very vocally, that Sundays should remain a special day. Will the Home Secretary reflect on how important it is to family life that the traditional value of people spending Sunday together will be lost if there is total deregulation, which he favours?