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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/plan-unveiled-to-switch-may-holiday.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Tourism Minister John Penrose said moving the May Day bank holiday could benefit tourism" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-plan-unveiled-to-switch-may-holiday.jpg" alt="Tourism Minister John Penrose said moving the May Day bank holiday could benefit tourism"/></a></p>
<p>The May Day bank holiday could be dropped and replaced by either St George&#8217;s Day in April or Trafalgar Day in October under new tourism plans the Government has announced.</p>
<p>But a proposal for &#8220;double summertime&#8221; to bring the UK&#8217;s clocks into line with Europe&#8217;s was not in the tourism strategy despite widespread reports that it would be included.</p>
<p>Outlining the strategy, Tourism Minister John Penrose said moving the May Day bank holiday could bring tourism benefits.</p>
<p>Moving it to St George&#8217;s Day on April 23 would get the tourist season off to an earlier start, while putting it back to the October half term would elongate the tourist season.</p>
<p>The bank holiday around St George&#8217;s Day could be a &#8220;National Day&#8221; holiday while the October one could be either a &#8220;UK Day&#8221; or a national day to commemorate military victories such as Trafalgar.</p>
<p>The Government will consult on any possible changes and on when to introduce them. </p>
<p>There is likely to be no change until 2013.</p>
<p>Asked about the exclusion from the strategy of the clock-change proposal, Mr Penrose said the proposal had been &#8220;in then out, then in and then out&#8221; of the final published document.</p>
<p>He said it had been decided not to include it as it did not really add to the Government&#8217;s view that going on to European time was an interesting idea and that any change would not be introduced without the consent of those living in Northern Ireland and Scotland.</p>
<p>A Daylight Saving Private Members Bill is currently going through Parliament which, if successful, would require the Government to look at the benefits of a change to European time.</p>
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