PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Retail Trade: Opening Hours (3 March 2020)
Question Asked
What plans he has to enable high street shops to set their opening hours.
Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
Answer
Most shops are not constrained in their choices of opening hours.
In England and Wales large shops may only open for six consecutive hours between 10am and 6pm on a Sunday. They may not open on Easter Sunday or Christmas Day.
We have no plans to change these rules.
Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
3 March 2020
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