Service industries
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on the service industries including retailing. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15.02.2013 | Retail Sales: Economic Indicators page |
| The annual increase in the value of retail sales in the three months to January 2013 was 0.6%. | |
| 02.08.2012 | Supermarkets : competition inquiries into the groceries market |
| This note looks at long-running concerns about the dominance of the four major supermarkets in the UK groceries market - and the two inquiries undertaken by the competition authorities in the last decade. | |
| 25.04.2012 | Town centres, planning and supermarkets |
| This note describes Government proposals to amend planning guidance on out of town shopping, to encourage competition yet preserve town centres. | |
| 23.11.2010 | Parliamentary Material on Royal Mail to May 2010 |
| This note provides information and links to Parliamentary information on the Post Office and Royal Mail Post Offices to May 2010. | |
| 19.10.2010 | Supermarkets Controls over Buyer Power |
| This note deals with concerns that the four large supermarkets are so large that farmers and other suppliers are not paid a fair price for their produce |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01.06.2009 | Health Bill [HL]: Tobacco control provisions (Bill 97 2008-09) |
| Part 3 of the Health Bill (HL) 2008-09 contains tobacco control provisions designed to protect children and young people from the harm caused by smoking. This paper provides information on current legislation and policy in respect of the display and sale of tobacco products from retail premises and vending machines as well as outlining the changes proposed in the Bill. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 23.03.2010 | Pub companies: follow-up. |
| Government response. Business Innovation and Skills Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 04.03.2009 | Mobile phone charges in the EU: Follow up report. |
| European Union Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 13.12.2011 | LIVING WAGE FOR CLEANERS |
| That this House recognises the vital work of those in the cleaning profession; supports the call from Mr Guy Stallard, Director of Facilities at KPMG and a member of the Living Wage ... | |
| 06.12.2011 | REGISTRATION OF HAIRDRESSERS (No.2) |
| That this House notes that compulsory state registration of hairdressers is supported by the Hair and Beauty Industry Authority, City and Guilds, Freelance Hair and Beauty Federation, ... | |
| 29.11.2011 | FAREPAK COMPENSATION |
| That this House regrets that the victims of the failed Christmas hamper and savings company Farepak have not yet received compensation following the company's liquidation in October ... | |
| 22.11.2011 | USE OF PEROXIDE IN HAIRDRESSING |
| That this House notes a number of recent tragic cases of people injured and even killed by peroxide hair products; further notes that these injuries are entirely preventable without ... | |
| 21.11.2011 | ENTERPRISE INNS AND BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS COMMITTEE REPORT ON PUB COMPANIES |
| That this House condemns the recent attack on the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee by Enterprise Inns' Chief Executive Ted Tuppen, who described the Committee's efforts in ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01.02.2009 | Food hygiene standards, February 2009 |
| This briefing describes recent developments in food regulation and examines options to improve food hygiene in businesses through monetary penalties, training and the use of local "Scores on the Doors" schemes. |
