My right hon. Friend makes a good point, and the Government have had ample opportunity in the Lords—[Interruption.] As my hon. Friend the Member for Makerfield (Yvonne Fovargue) reminds me, this provision was not even mentioned in the Lords. It was not in the original Bill, and it was not mentioned until Second Reading, when the Secretary of State announced for the first time that the Bill would cover Sunday trading. The Minister had plenty of time to table amendments then, in Committee, or today, but he chose not to. Why should we believe a word he says?
Enterprise Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Bill Esterson
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 March 2016.
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Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Enterprise Bill [Lords].
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