My hon. Friend is right. We all want to celebrate the success of retail in Britain and we all want to do what we can to further advantage it. In fact, the number of people employed in retail in the UK has grown substantially over the past 20 years, from around 2.8 million in 1996 to 3.1 million in the last full year for which figures are available, an increase of nearly 300,000 jobs.
Retail Sector
Proceeding contribution from
Greg Clark
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 June 2018.
It occurred during Opposition day on Retail Sector.
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Session
2017-19
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2019-05-01 16:48:33 +0100
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