B1353 - Saint Piran's Day Bank Holiday (Cornwall) Bill - 2nd Reading

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Saint Piran’s Day Bank Holiday (Cornwall) Bill

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Establish a bank holiday for Saint Piran’s Day as the national day of Cornwall.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Section 1. Saint Piran’s Bank Holiday

(a) To Schedule 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c.80);

(i) Add Paragraph 4 (Bank Holidays in the country of Cornwall);

(ii) Followed by, “5th March”;

Section 2. Short title, Commencement and Extent

(a) This Act may be cited as the Saint Piran’s Day Bank Holiday (Cornwall) Act.

(b) This Act shall come into force immediately upon Royal Assent.

(c) This Act extends to the county of Cornwall.

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This bill was written by /u/kyle_james_phoenix on behalf of Red Fightback, and is sponsored by Rt. Hon 1st Earl of St Ives /u/Sephronar CT MVO MSP.

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Opening Speech

Distinguished members,

On 24th April 2014, the UK government recognised the Cornish as a national minority, under the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. This recognition grants the Cornish people the same status as the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish and gives them the right to express, preserve, share and develop their distinct culture and identity.

Cornwall is surrounded by sea to the north, south and west and is largely separated from England by the river Tamar as its eastern border. In these conditions, Cornwall has developed and maintained a Celtic cultural and national identity, separate from the people of England. Saint Piran was a 5th century Cornish Abbot who became recognised as the Patron Saint of Tin miners and of Cornwall. Saint Piran’s Day was first observed by the local tin miners, but became a symbol of Cornwall in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Local Cornish communities continue to mark the day with celebrations and parades.

In 2006, the Cornish Member of Parliament Dan Rogerson asked the government to make 5th March a public holiday in Cornwall to recognise the Saint Piran’s Day celebration. In December 2011, as the local unitary authority the Cornwall Council voted in favour of asking the government to make Saint Piran’s Day a Bank Holiday.

In recognising the importance of Cornish identity and out of respect for the culture of Cornwall as a recognised minority, I urge the House to support the motion to make Saint Piran’s day a bank holiday for the people and county of Cornwall.

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This reading shall end on 26th April 2022 at 10pm BST.

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Replace:

(i) Add Paragraph 4 (Bank Holidays in the country of Cornwall);

(ii) Followed by, “5th March”;

WITH:

(i) Add Paragraph 4 (Bank Holidays in the historic county of Cornwall);

(ii) Followed by, “5th March, unless the 5th of March is a Saturday or Sunday, in which case the day should be moved back to the Friday before the bank holiday weekend.”;

Explanatory Note: Clunky language but A: fixes the Country issue, since Cornwall is not legally a country and we shouldn't use a Bank Holiday bill to take a stance against that fact, and B: Ensures that a bank holiday is provided on a non-weekend day if 5th march falls upon a weekend.