{"longTitle":"A Bill to designate St George’s Day, or the nearest working day, as an annual public holiday in England with effect from 2012; to designate St David’s Day, or the nearest working day, as an annual public holiday in Wales with effect from 2012; and for connected purposes.","summary":"<p>The Bill would amend the the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 to provide that 23 April or the nearest working day should be a bank holiday in England but not in Wales, and that 1 March or the nearest working day should be a bank holiday in Wales but not in England. </p><p>The Bill would enable the Secretary of State to designate an alternative date for the St. George's Day bank holiday if it fell on Good Friday or Easter Monday.</p>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":4113,"name":"Nadhim Zahawi","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/4113/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/4113/contact","memberFrom":"Stratford-on-Avon"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":811,"shortTitle":"St George's Day and St David's Day Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2012-05-01T15:41:20","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":5,"introducedSessionId":24,"includedSessionIds":[24],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":3962,"stageId":7,"sessionId":24,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[{"id":3686,"stageId":7,"billStageId":3962,"billId":811,"date":"2011-05-13T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":2}}