This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Add 3 more public days for the UK and England
Make Brexit day, 23 June 2016 a UK Public Holiday (except Scotland), UK Independence day, 1 January 2020 (except Scotland) and St Georges day, 23 April (an England public holiday)
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The general public especially brexiteers deserve extra days to commemorate British Sovereignty and Independence from the E.U and also a great British Saint like St Patrick and St David.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want the Government to create some new bank holidays, but your petition requests that two specific dates in the past are made bank holidays, and 1 January is already a bank holiday. Additionally, the creation of bank holidays is devolved to Scotland, so the UK Government cannot create new bank holidays for Scotland is any case.
You could start a new petition explaining more clearly what new bank holidays you want the Government to create.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Make June 23rd a bank holiday to celebrate UK Independence Day: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564905
St. George's Day to be made a public holiday in England: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/574480
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