RENAMING OF BANK HOLIDAYS

Early day motion 1349, tabled 19 May 1998 by Angela Smith. Signed by 48 members.

That this House welcomes the Co-operative Bank's campaign to rename bank holidays as public holidays; believes that bank holidays are a throwback to the past when the whole banking system was closed down for the day; and urges the Government to support the renaming of the two bank holidays in May and the one in August to express Britain's modern values as it approaches the 21st century.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Labour/Co-operative 11, Liberal Democrat 5, Unknown 1.