Business question from Denis MacShane (Independent (affiliation)) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 1 March 2012. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
Business of the House
Mr Speaker has announced that marvellous ceremonial occasion state opening of Parliament for 9 May. That is followed by the trooping of the colour, the Derby, the royal garden parties, the Eton-Harrow match, the Durham miners gala, the Government reshuffle and the opening of the grouse shooting season. Are not too many ceremonial occasions crammed into the summer? May we have a debate on moving the state opening back to an autumn date, both to take a bit of pressure off Her Majesty and to allow us to debate the Queen's speech in the more austere, chilly autumn winds rather than in the heat of the summer?
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- 541 c445-6
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- 2010-12
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- Opening of Parliament
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