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Slavery: Anniversaries

Volume 462: debated on Monday 25 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will bring forward plans for a national debate on proposals for a slavery memorial day. (145286)

As the Deputy Prime Minister confirmed in the Adjournment Debate of 20 March on the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, the Government will be initiating a public debate on a suitable date for a National Memorial Day every year and what this might entail. Further details will be announced in the coming weeks.