PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CHRISTMAS DAY (17 December 2003)
Motion Details
That this House cherishes Christmas Day as a special day, particularly for families and children, and welcomes the campaign by USDAW, the shop workers' union, on behalf of 2.6 million shop workers of the 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; also 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 shop workers on Christmas Day.
Sponsored by:
Lord Beamish (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
169
75%
Liberal Democrat
22
10%
Independent
11
5%
Conservative
8
4%
Democratic Unionist Party
2
1%
The Independent Group for Change
2
1%
Plaid Cymru
2
1%
Your Party
1
0%
Speaker
1
0%
Reform UK
1
0%
Non-affiliated
1
0%
Crossbench
1
0%
Not Available
1
0%
Scottish National Party
1
0%
Lord Speaker
1
0%
Sponsor List (224 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Baroness Adams of Craigielea
Lab
Mr Graham Allen
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Adrian Bailey
Lab
Vera Baird
LD
Norman Baker
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
LD
John Barrett
Lab
John Battle
Lab
Lord Beamish (Sponsor)
Lab
Andrew Bennett
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Lab
Lord Bilston
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Lord Bradley
Lab
Peter Bradley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Kevin Brennan
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Chris Bryant
Rhondda and Ogmore
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Lab
Colin Burgon
LD
Lord Burnett
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
Con
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Mrs Anne Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Colin Challen
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Con
Mr James Clappison
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Mr David Clelland
Lab
Ann Clwyd
IGC
Ann Coffey
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Lab
Mr Tony Colman
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Sir Ross Cranston
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Jon Cruddas
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Wayne David
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Parmjit Dhanda
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Lab
Paul Farrelly
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Con
Mark Field
Lab
Mark Fisher
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Barbara Follett
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
IGC
Mike Gapes
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
LD
Matthew Green
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
LD
Mr David Heath
Lab
Sir Mark Hendrick
Preston
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
David Heyes
LD
Paul Holmes
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Mr Kevin Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Helen Jackson
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Lab
Mr Peter Kilfoyle
Lab
Andy King
Lab
Lord Knight of Weymouth
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
LD
Mr David Laws
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Lab
Tony Lloyd
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Ian C. Lucas
Lab
Mr Iain Luke
Lab
Mr John Lyons
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Lord Mann
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Lab
Mr Eric Martlew
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lord Speaker
Lord McFall of Alcluith
Lab
Shona McIsaac
Lab
Ann McKechin
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Michael Meacher
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Anne Moffat
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Chris Mole
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Mr George Mudie
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Mr Ken Purchase
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
John Robertson
RUK
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Lab
Phil Sawford
Con
Andrew Selous
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Jim Sheridan
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Clare Short
Lab
Mr Siôn Simon
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Geraldine Smith
Lab
John Smith
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
Lab
Sir Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Ms Dari Taylor
LD
Sarah Teather
Lab
Gareth Thomas
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Mr Bill Tynan
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
LD
Steve Webb
SNP
Mike Weir
Lab
Brian White
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
David Wright
Lab
Dr Tony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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