Culture: Anniversaries

David Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what criteria her Department applies before deciding whether or not to celebrate a cultural anniversary.

Mr. Lammy
[holding answer 20 June 2007]: None. There are a plethora of cultural anniversaries every year, marking a broad spectrum of people, events and occasions. My Department does not take unilateral decisions on whether or not to celebrate any of them.