WILLIAM AND MARY TERCENTENARY

HL Deb 30 July 1984 vol 455 cc637-8WA

Lord Henderson of Brompton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What arrangements the United Kingdom will be making to mark the tercentenary of William and Mary in 1988.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Young)

The accession of William and Mary was an important event in the history both of our own country and of The Netherlands. We will wish to see it marked accordingly. A British Executive Committee for the Tercentenary is being set up under the chairmanship of Sir Charles Troughton to consider appropriate arrangements, particularly in the cultural field, to mark the anniversary. This Committee will naturally keep in close touch with its Netherlands counterpart. The activities of the British executive committee would not impinge upon any parliamentary consultation or decision concerning the anniversary, as discussed by noble Lords on 27th March.