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Virgin Plc And Sunday Trading

EDM number 494 in 1991-92, proposed by Donald Anderson on 16/01/1992.

That this House congratulates the authorities in France for upholding the rule of law and for their successful action against illegal Sunday opening by the Virgin Megastore in Paris; notes that Virgin plc and Mr Richard Branson are leading members and funders of the Shopping Hours Reform Council and major donors to Conservative Party funds; and calls upon Virgin plc and the Government to uphold the law in Britain and upon the Government to reform United Kingdom Sunday law in line with the vast majority of our European partners.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Donald Anderson16/01/1992Swansea EastProposed
Raymond Powell16/01/1992OgmoreSigned
Bob Cryer16/01/1992Bradford SouthSigned
Tommy Graham17/01/1992Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Harry Barnes17/01/1992North East DerbyshireSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie20/01/1992Glasgow, PollokSigned
Mike Watson20/01/1992Glasgow CentralSigned
Hilary Armstrong20/01/1992North West DurhamSigned
Terry Davis20/01/1992Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Frank Cook20/01/1992Stockton NorthSigned
David Lambie20/01/1992Cunninghame SouthSigned
Eric Illsley20/01/1992Barnsley CentralSigned
Robert Parry20/01/1992Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Gerry Steinberg21/01/1992Durham, City ofSigned
Llin Golding21/01/1992Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Andrew Faulds21/01/1992Warley EastSigned
John Evans21/01/1992St Helens NorthSigned
Keith Bradley21/01/1992Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Lewis Moonie21/01/1992KirkcaldySigned
Ian McCartney21/01/1992MakerfieldSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse21/01/1992Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Terry Lewis21/01/1992WorsleySigned
David Hinchliffe21/01/1992WakefieldSigned
Peter Hardy21/01/1992WentworthSigned
Terry Patchett21/01/1992Barnsley EastSigned
Bill Michie21/01/1992Sheffield, HeeleySigned
John Cummings22/01/1992EasingtonSigned
Dennis Turner22/01/1992Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Win Griffiths22/01/1992BridgendSigned
Roy Hughes22/01/1992Newport EastSigned
Ted Rowlands22/01/1992Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
Martin Redmond22/01/1992Don ValleySigned
John Smith23/01/1992Vale of GlamorganSigned
Ken Livingstone23/01/1992Brent EastSigned
Michael Welsh23/01/1992Doncaster NorthSigned
John Taylor24/01/1992StrangfordSigned
Martyn Jones03/02/1992Clwyd South WestSigned
Edward O'Hara05/02/1992Knowsley SouthSigned
Patrick Duffy06/02/1992Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Jack Thompson10/02/1992WansbeckSigned

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