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Black Friday

EDM number 681 in 2014-15, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 13/01/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Companies, Consumers and Service industries.

That this House criticises large retailers who chose to adopt the American retail custom of Black Friday on the day after the American Thanksgiving holiday and at the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season; notes that the huge discounts led to scenes of disorder in some stores as many police had to attend to prevent or break up fights in stores, whilst other stores were forced to close; further notes with concern the safety risk that this custom poses; further notes that many shoppers suffered injuries due to the level of public disorder caused by this event; recognises the importance of police time and the unnecessarily high demands that Black Friday is placing on it; sympathises with police officers who have expressed frustrations including Sir Peter Fahy, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, who said that officers have enough to do already; and calls on all UK retailers not to mark this event in 2015 or again.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Mulholland13/01/2015Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley13/01/2015Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Jim Shannon14/01/2015StrangfordDUPSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn15/01/2015Islington NorthLabourSeconded
John Leech15/01/2015Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock20/01/2015Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd21/01/2015Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Bob Russell22/01/2015ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Mary Glindon22/01/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
John Pugh22/01/2015SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams22/01/2015CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned

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