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| MSP Condemns Executive Backtracking on New Year`s Day Trading |
Aberdeen Central MSP Lewis Macdonald has today condemned an announcement by the Scottish Executive to cancel a study into the impact of New Year`s Day Trading on the Scottish economy.
The Christmas & New Year`s Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007 became law in April 2007, banning retailers from forcing shop staff to work on Christmas Day. A study was commissioned by the previous Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson to look at the economic impact of ensuring shop workers were not forced to work New Year`s Day.
Speaking following the announcement Lewis Macdonald MSP said:
'I think that Scottish shop workers will be bitterly disappointed by this announcement. I will be writing to Kenny MacAskill to ask him to reverse this decision.'
The promoter of the Bill, Karen Whitefield MSP, added:
'The Executive are now starting to show their true colours. This announcement shows clearly that they have no regard for the working conditions of Scotland`s shop workers. I accepted an amendment to my Bill at stage 3 on the basis that the Executive would take steps to ensure that no shop workers would be forced to work on New Year`s Day. It now appears that the Executive want to walk away from that commitment.'
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