My home town of Stockton won the rising star award in the British high street awards, sponsored, ironically, by Marks & Spencer, which is now abandoning our town after taking profits from our people for over a century. We believe however that our town has got a future, but does my hon. Friend agree that firms like Marks & Spencer should consider the future prospects of towns properly, and show a bit of loyalty to their loyal customers instead of taking their profits and running off to out-of-town shopping centres?
Retail Sector
Proceeding contribution from
Alex Cunningham
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 June 2018.
It occurred during Opposition day on Retail Sector.
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