I have received a large number of representations from local confectioners, tobacconists and newsagents who are worried about the effect on their trade.
The opposition three and a half years ago came mainly from three classes—tobacconists, confectioners, and newsagents.
It refers to bakers and flour confectioners, chemists and druggists, dairymen, fishmongers, greengrocers, fruiterers and florists, grocers and provision dealers, sugar confectioners and tobacconists.
My uncle was a fruiterer and florist; another uncle had a butcher's business; another was a confectioner; and another was a small builder.
I consulted 43 small traders engaged as grocers, general stores, tobacconists and confectioners, hairdressers, drapers and fancy goods retailers.
I admit that there are a large number of confectioners who do employ assistants.
The range of private businesses is wide, including general stores, confectioners and newsagents.
Children go, with or without their parents, into confectioners' shops and local newsagents' shops.
