HC Deb 14 February 1978 vol 944 c115W
59. Mr. Kilfedder

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will arrange to have the occasion of Commonwealth Day, Monday 13th March, recognised in some tangible way.

Mr. Tomlinson

Commonwealth Day will be suitably recognised. Her Majesty the Queen, and Ministers, including my right hon. Friend, will attend a special Commonwealth Day observance in Westminster Abbey. The flags of the Commonwealth will fly in Parliament Square. The Department of Education will be drawing the attention of education authorities to Commonwealth Day; and the Commonwealth Institute has sent out guidance for schools on ways in which the occasion might be marked.

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