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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
WORKING ON CHRISTMAS DAY (7 December 2000)

Motion Details

That this House cherishes Christmas Day as a special day, particularly for families and children, and welcomes the campaign by USDAW, the shopworkers' union, on behalf of the 2.6 million shopworkers of United Kingdom; regrets that many shops remain open on Christmas Day because employers put undue pressure on shop workers to abandon their family responsibilities on this important religious and public holiday; notes that the vast majority of shop workers are parents who should be able to spend Christmas with their children; notes that current law offers no protection to such workers when Christmas Day does not fall on a Sunday; further notes that Christmas is an extremely busy and stressful period for shop workers and believes that they deserve at least one day off; and calls on the Government to protect shopworkers on Christmas Day.

Sponsored by:
Nigel Griffiths (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
124
73%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
21
12%
 
 
Conservative
7
4%
 
 
Independent
6
4%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
1%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
 
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Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
LD
Norman Baker
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Hilary Benn
Leeds South
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Liz Blackman
Lab
Hazel Blears
Con
Sir Richard Body
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Colin Burgon
Lab
Sir Alan Campbell
Tynemouth
Lab
Mr Jamie Cann
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Baroness Golding
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
Nigel Griffiths (Sponsor)
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr David Hinchliffe
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Ann Keen
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Mr David Kidney
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
David Lepper
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Dr Calum MacDonald
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Steve McCabe
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Alun Michael
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Mr George Mudie
Lab
Mr Jim Murphy
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Sir Bill O'Brien
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Lab
Bill Rammell
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Lord Rowlands
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Phil Sawford
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Angela Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr David Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Lab
Ms Dari Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Mr Bill Tynan
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
LD
Steve Webb
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Con
Ann Winterton
Lab
Mike Wood

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