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New UK Public Holiday

EDM number 187 in 2008-09, proposed by Mike Hancock on 08/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Employment.

That this House welcomes the campaign to introduce a new UK public holiday; is aware that the UK has the lowest number of public holidays per year in the European Union, excepting Romania; believes that a well-thought-out new public holiday would bring people together for a national day of celebration and that a new public holiday would help improve the work-life balance of employees and improve productivity; recognises the work that Brewers Fayre has undertaken in starting a petition to call for a new public holiday to be introduced in the UK; believes that hard-working Britons deserve an extra day off each year; and calls on the Government to recognise increasing public demand for an extra day off by announcing the introduction of a new public holiday at the earliest opportunity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock08/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
David Taylor09/12/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
John Leech09/12/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
John McDonnell09/12/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer09/12/2008KeighleyLabourSeconded
Gordon Marsden10/12/2008Blackpool SouthLabourSeconded
Jim Sheridan10/12/2008Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
David Drew10/12/2008StroudLabourSigned
Robert Wareing10/12/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Jo Swinson10/12/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams10/12/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins11/12/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/12/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Janet Dean16/12/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington16/12/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Susan Kramer16/12/2008Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan16/12/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Edward Davey17/12/2008Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Lloyd12/01/2009Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Howard Stoate12/01/2009DartfordLabourSigned
Desmond Turner13/01/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Greg Pope14/01/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
John Austin01/06/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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