I thank the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene, because this follows on smoothly from the previous intervention. Before Christmas, I was a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which the Government consulted on the devolution of Sunday trading powers. I can categorically say that those powers were not asked for or requested; they were forced on that body.
Enterprise Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Jim McMahon
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 March 2016.
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and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Enterprise Bill [Lords].
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