Friday, September 9, 2011

UK Magna Carta Anniversary Public Holiday Bill

Sources: House of Commons Hansard Debates (London) and UK bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UK's House of Commons has accepted for consideration the "Magna Carta Anniversary (Bank Holiday) Bill", which would designate Monday, June 15, 2015, as a one-off non-working public holiday in the United Kingdom to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. [full story]