Plans for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee announced
6 January 2010 (updated on 22 April 2010)
The Government's plans to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee in 2012 were announced in a statement in the House of Commons by Ian Lucas, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
- Video and Audio: Statement: Queen's Diamond Jubilee
- Commons Hansard: Statement: Queen's Diamond Jubilee
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Diamond Jubilee (external site)
- About Parliament: Ministerial Statements
Although plans are still at an early stage Mr Lucas confirmed the following:
- the celebrations will take place around the first week of June 2012
- the creation of a special diamond jubilee weekend, moving the late May bank holiday to Monday 4 June, and adding an extra bank holiday on Tuesday 5 Juune
- issue of a diamond jubilee medal
- holding national competitions for city status, a lord mayoralty and a lord provostship
- royal borough status for the London borough of Greenwich
Although the Department of Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for co-ordinating Her Majesty’s diamond jubilee celebrations, Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, is the lead Minister responsible for this project.
Lord Mandelson made a statement in the House of Lords about the plans on 5 January.