HC Deb 26 July 1966 vol 732 c219W
Mr. Richard

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year, Her Majesty's Government will declare Tuesday, 27th December, 1966, a Bank and public holiday.

Mr. MacDermot

The Government have decided to ask Her Majesty The Queen to declare by Royal Proclamation under the Bank Holidays Act, 1871, and other Acts, that Tuesday, 27th December, shall be a Bank and public holiday in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland.