A Bill to make provision for a national public holiday marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and to establish a framework to ensure that the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and Crown dependencies appropriately commemorate this occasion; and for connected purposes.
This bill would create a national public holiday to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and set out how the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and Crown dependencies should commemorate the occasion. It also provides a framework for coordinating official events and related commemorative activities across the UK and its territories, and for related purposes.
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On 10 November, the House of Commons was asked, under the Ten Minute Rule motion, to give leave for this Bill to be introduced. The sponsor was allowed 10 minutes to support the Bill and there was ten minutes for other MPs to comment. The House agreed and the Bill was read a first time.
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