Clause 33 — Extended Sunday opening hours and Sunday working

Part of Enterprise Bill [Lords] — [2ndAllocated Day] – in the House of Commons at 3:30 pm on 9 March 2016.

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Photo of Andrew Smith Andrew Smith Labour, Oxford East 3:30, 9 March 2016

Let me take the Minister back to the important point made by his hon. Friend Mr Burrowes in a measured speech in which he reminded us of the Prime Minister’s clear commitment just weeks before the general election:

“I can assure you that we have no plans to relax the Sunday trading laws. We believe the current system provides a reasonable balance”.

Does the Minister not think it matters if the Prime Minister says one thing just before a general election, if a policy is not in the Conservative manifesto, but the Government then do something completely different afterwards?