§ Q26. Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Prime Minister if she will make an announcement on future public holidays.
§ The Prime MinisterArrangements for bank holidays at Christmas and new year up to 1984 were announced in the reply given to my hon. friend the Member for Rutland and Stamford (Mr. Lewis) on 8 August 1980.—(Vol. 990, c. 411.
Consultations are now in progress about the future of bank holidays in May, as my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Department of Employment announced in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford (Mr. Dunn) on 16 February 1982—Vol. 18, c. 101–2.