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256: 262: 61:, found that the regime established by the 1950 Act was unworkable, with arbitrary exemptions and widespread breaches by large retailers. The consequent Auld Report recommended that the Shops Act 1950 be repealed, which the government accepted and adopted into its legislative programme. 88: 87:, voting against the bill at second reading – just after midnight on the morning of 15 April 1986 – and it was defeated by 14 votes. This occasion marks one of only 324: 43: 305: 199: 359: 24: 57:
regulated Sunday shopping hours, making it illegal for shops to sell most products on a Sunday. The Auld Committee, chaired by
329: 334: 215: 354: 135: 298: 271: 344: 339: 92: 72:' fears that shopworkers would be forced to work on Sundays. However, she did not anticipate the backlash from 39: 99: 77: 349: 140: 291: 73: 111: 27: 240: 195: 65: 255: 84: 35: 50:; this is the most recent occasion at which a government bill has fallen at that stage. 275: 54: 47: 31: 318: 159: 189: 80: 69: 95:, and the only time an entire government bill was defeated during her tenure. 58: 163: 194:. London: Institute for Public Policy Research. p. 10. 279: 183: 181: 34:that would have ended government regulation of 299: 98:Sunday trading was ultimately relaxed by the 8: 129: 127: 306: 292: 274:, or its constituent jurisdictions, is a 16:Parliamentary bill in the United Kingdom 123: 102:, the twenty-seventh attempt to do so. 7: 251: 249: 191:Working Time: A New Legal Framework? 36:Sunday shopping in England and Wales 325:Proposed laws of the United Kingdom 68:would oppose the bill, spurred by 64:Thatcher had anticipated that the 14: 260: 254: 216:"1994: Sunday trading legalised" 89:four times Thatcher was defeated 40:Government of Margaret Thatcher 241:Commons vote at second reading 1: 278:. You can help Knowledge by 376: 248: 218:. BBC News. 28 August 1994 272:law in the United Kingdom 270:This article relating to 42:, it was defeated in the 360:United Kingdom law stubs 100:Sunday Trading Act 1994 160:"Guide to Parliament" 141:Parliamentary Affairs 136:"The 1986 Shops Bill" 330:Retailing in England 188:Hepple, B A (1990). 134:Regan, Paul (1988). 74:social conservatives 38:. Introduced by the 335:1986 in British law 112:Keep Sunday Special 355:Retailing in Wales 287: 286: 201:978-1-872452-14-2 166:. 11 October 2007 367: 308: 301: 294: 266: 265: 264: 263: 258: 250: 228: 227: 225: 223: 212: 206: 205: 185: 176: 175: 173: 171: 156: 150: 149: 131: 93:House of Commons 44:House of Commons 375: 374: 370: 369: 368: 366: 365: 364: 345:Sunday shopping 340:1986 in England 315: 314: 313: 312: 261: 259: 253: 246: 237: 232: 231: 221: 219: 214: 213: 209: 202: 187: 186: 179: 169: 167: 158: 157: 153: 133: 132: 125: 120: 108: 85:three line whip 21:Shops Bill 1986 17: 12: 11: 5: 373: 371: 363: 362: 357: 352: 347: 342: 337: 332: 327: 317: 316: 311: 310: 303: 296: 288: 285: 284: 267: 244: 243: 236: 235:External links 233: 230: 229: 207: 200: 177: 151: 122: 121: 119: 116: 115: 114: 107: 104: 55:Shops Act 1950 48:second reading 32:United Kingdom 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 372: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 350:1986 in Wales 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 326: 323: 322: 320: 309: 304: 302: 297: 295: 290: 289: 283: 281: 277: 273: 268: 257: 252: 247: 242: 239: 238: 234: 217: 211: 208: 203: 197: 193: 192: 184: 182: 178: 165: 161: 155: 152: 148:(2): 218–235. 147: 143: 142: 137: 130: 128: 124: 117: 113: 110: 109: 105: 103: 101: 96: 94: 90: 86: 82: 79: 75: 71: 67: 62: 60: 56: 51: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 26: 25:parliamentary 22: 280:expanding it 269: 245: 220:. Retrieved 210: 190: 168:. Retrieved 154: 145: 139: 97: 81:backbenchers 78:Conservative 70:trade unions 66:Labour Party 63: 52: 20: 18: 319:Categories 59:Robin Auld 118:Footnotes 83:defied a 222:19 March 170:19 March 164:BBC News 106:See also 91:in the 46:at its 30:in the 198:  23:was a 76:. 72 276:stub 224:2011 196:ISBN 172:2011 53:The 28:bill 19:The 321:: 180:^ 162:. 146:41 144:. 138:. 126:^ 307:e 300:t 293:v 282:. 226:. 204:. 174:.

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parliamentary
bill
United Kingdom
Sunday shopping in England and Wales
Government of Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
second reading
Shops Act 1950
Robin Auld
Labour Party
trade unions
social conservatives
Conservative
backbenchers
three line whip
four times Thatcher was defeated
House of Commons
Sunday Trading Act 1994
Keep Sunday Special


"The 1986 Shops Bill"
Parliamentary Affairs
"Guide to Parliament"
BBC News


Working Time: A New Legal Framework?
ISBN
978-1-872452-14-2

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