Mark Hendrick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the passage into law of the Five Mile Act 1665.

Mr Marcus Jones

My Department has no plans to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the passage into law of the Nonconformists Act 1665.

The Nonconformist Act was rightly repealed in 1689.

Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, democracy, the rule of law, and equal rights define us as a society. The Government is determined to promote these values actively, working in partnership and alongside all communities.