What is known as An Enterprise Bill is due to be debated at what is known as "Report Stage" in the House of Commons on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th March. Part 7 of the Bill deals with 

SUNDAY TRADING AND WORKING

33 Extended Sunday opening hours and Sunday working

“Consent notices published by Sunday trading authorities 2A 

(1) The Sunday trading authority for an area may publish a notice (a “consent notice”) in accordance with this paragraph providing for large shops in the authority’s area to be permitted to do either or both of the following—

(a) to open on a Sunday for a continuous period of whatever number of hours is specified in the notice (in addition to the continuous period of six hours mentioned in paragraph 2(3));

(b) to open on a Sunday at specified times beginning earlier than, or ending later than, the times mentioned in paragraph 2(3).

(2) A consent notice published by a Sunday trading authority may apply in relation to the whole or any part of the authority’s area.

(3) A Sunday trading authority may, by publishing a further notice, vary or revoke a consent notice that applies in relation to its area.

(4) Before varying or revoking a consent notice under sub-paragraph (3), a Sunday trading authority must give reasonable notice to occupiers of large shops whose opening hours on Sundays would be affected by the variation or revocation.

(5) Publication of a notice under this paragraph may take whatever form the authority publishing it thinks appropriate for the purpose of bringing the notice to the attention of occupiers of large shops in the area to which the notice relates.

(6) Subject to sub-paragraph (7), the Sunday trading authority for an area is the local authority for the area.

(7) In relation to the area of Greater London, the Sunday trading authority is the Mayor of London acting on behalf of the Greater London Authority.”

Amendment proposed by David Burrowes MP and David Lammy MP

Clause  33,  page  51,  leave out lines 3 to 13 and insert—

“2A(1)

The Sunday trading authority for an area may publish a notice (a “consent notice”) in accordance with this paragraph providing for large shops in tourist zones (as defined in sub-paragraph (2)) in the authority’s area to be permitted to do either or both of the following—

(a)

to open on Sundays falling between 21 March and 1 October and on

the three Sundays before Christmas Day for a continuous period of

whatever number of hours is specified in the notice (in addition to the continuous period of six hours mentioned in paragraph 2(3)),

(b)

to open on Sundays falling between 21 March and 1 October and on the three Sundays before Christmas Day at specified times beginning earlier than, or ending later than, the times mentioned in paragraph 2(3).

(2)

A consent notice published by a Sunday trading authority may only apply in relation to those parts of the authority’s area that is a “tourist zone” which is

defined as—

(a)

a retail area where tourists from outside the United Kingdom are 

responsible for a significant proportion of the retail sales, or

(b)

a leisure and retail area, such as a coastal resort, which a significant number of tourists from outside the local authority area visit