Tristram Hunt – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tristram Hunt on 2016-02-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to restart work related to his Department’s pre-consultation on moving the May Bank Holiday, published in 2011.

David Evennett

The Government looked at the current pattern of all bank and public holidays as part of the Tourism strategy published in 2011, which concluded there is no overall consensus for change. There are no plans to make another consultation on this subject.