The government’s attempt to let shops trade for longer than six hours each Sunday was voted down after 26 Tory backbenchers teamed up with Labour and the SNP.
Commenting on the government defeat on Sunday Trading, SNP Deputy Leader and Economy Spokesperson Stewart Hosie MP said: "Common sense has prevailed on Sunday Trading, and the SNP has ensured Scottish workers pay will be protected. "The SNP group agreed to vote against the proposals in the UK government’s Enterprise Bill in the House of Commons as the bill failed to protect the premium pay currently received by employees in Scotland. "While there has been Sunday Trading in Scotland for some time, employment rights associated with proposed protections to workers who choose not to work on Sundays remain reserved to the UK government under the Employment Rights Act 1996.“The SNP are supporters of Sunday trading – we think in principle it can be a good thing – but we are clear that it should not be happening on the back of often low paid shop workers in Scotland and throughout the UK.”
Connservative MP's who voted against the government
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Heidi Allen Caroline Ansell Bob Blackman Fiona Bruce David Burrowes Maria Caulfield Christopher Chope Nadine Dorries Steve Double James Gray Chris Green Gordon Henderson Gerald Howarth Stewart Jackson |
Ranil Jayawardena David Jones Jeremy Lefroy Edward Leigh Julian Lewis Karl McCartney Andrew Rosindell Derek Thomas Andrew Turner Martin Vickers William Wragg Peter Bone (teller) Philip Hollobone (teller) |
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