Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords]

Glyn Davies Excerpts

Monday 30th April 2012 Commons Chamber

[Gordon Henderson]

I cannot say that I remember that, and I go back a long way, albeit out in the sticks; perhaps the practice was prevalent in London. It certainly was not prevalent in the Medway towns, or in Sittingbourne and Sheppey, where I live now.

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

I am probably old enough to remember when there were no stores to open. I have some sympathy with what my hon. Friend says, but does he recognise that the relaxation will apply for eight weeks, and that there is no proposal to extend that? Does he very much welcome the fact that we are talking about an eight-week period, and does he hope that we would think long and hard before there was any suggestion of extending the period?

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)]

Before the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Gordon Henderson) responds, may I remind Members to face the middle of the Chamber when they speak, so that the microphones pick up what is said, and so that I can hear what is said?