I am slightly surprised by the hon. Gentleman’s comments. After all, his local authority is one that is saying that it wants this power, which he is trying to stop it taking. Labour-run Greenwich wants this power. Those small shops have the ability to open now, and they are in competition with 24-hour, seven-day-a-week internet shopping, including on Sundays. The hon. Gentleman might not realise it, but Amazon is open on a Sunday and it delivers on a Sunday. We want to give the high streets a chance to compete with that.
Enterprise Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Brandon Lewis
(Conservative)
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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