Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Bone and Simon Hart

Wednesday 26th February 2020 Commons Chamber

[The Secretary of State for Wales (Simon Hart)]

As this is a reserved matter and is currently not Government policy, I have no plans to discuss this with the Welsh Government.

[Mr Bone]

Well, the Secretary of State needs to change his mind. Wales has one of the lowest numbers of bank holidays in Europe. Some countries in Europe have twice the number. What has he got against giving workers in Wales an extra day off?

[Simon Hart]

I suppose this was inevitable in a way. My experience of businesses and residents in Wales is simple: they have an exciting future and are keen to get on with the new opportunities that face them. They do not request or want extra opportunities to reminisce about the past.