Sejm to continue work on Sunday trade limits
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A citizens' draft law on limiting Sunday trading will go to the Sejm Committee on Social Policy and Family, MPs decided on Thursday. Earlier, the lower house refused to support the Nowoczesna party proposal to reject the draft in the first reading.
The bill was submitted in September to the Sejm by the Committee on Legislative Initiatives. This group includes the Solidarity trade union and other organizations. The draft law envisages that the Sunday trade ban would apply to the majority of retail establishments.
“Some argue that restricting Sunday trading is an attack on freedom. Here's our response to them: the freedom of one person cannot be exercised at the cost of enslaving another person. The freedom to spend Sundays in shopping malls cannot be exercised at the expense of retail workers and their families,” said Alfred Bujara, a representative of the Committee on Legislative Initiatives.
