PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sunday Trading: Coronavirus (18 November 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will suspend Sunday trading hours and extend them in December 2020 to allow for social distancing during the Christmas shopping rush on the limited number of Sundays between the end of lockdown and Christmas.

Asked by:
Fleur Anderson (Labour)

The Government has regular conversations with the retail sector and other key stakeholders,?and many have advocated a temporary change to?Sunday trading rules to?help manage social distancing.? We currently have no plans to change the legislation,?but?we will keep measures like this under review.

Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
23 November 2020