The hon. Lady was obviously present during BIS orals, so she heard me say, for example, that this is about devolving power down to a local level. [Interruption.] Hang on! Chill out! Calm down! It therefore gives local authorities the power to decide whether they will extend Sunday opening hours to a very small number of shops. That is what it is about. It is not some huge, major measure. I would be the first to say that this is about the devolution of power. I think the hon. Lady has a problem with letting people at a local level make the decisions in the interests of local people.
Enterprise Bill [Lords]
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Anna Soubry
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 February 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Enterprise Bill [Lords].
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