§ Mr. MacGregorasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether the Government are considering changing the date of the spring bank holiday in 1977 from the now well-established last Monday in May; and, if so, whether he will receive representations from all those likely to be affected before a final decision is made.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced on 18th December last [Vol. 902, c. 687–90] in his statement on the Silver Jubilee programme, that the spring bank holiday in 1977 will fall on Monday 6th June, so as to precede the special Silver Jubilee Bank Holiday on the following day.