Pubs to remain open longer to mark Queen’s jubilee

Pubs, bars and golf equipment are set to be allowed to remain open later to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee in June.

Ministers have launched a session on prolonged licensing hours for venues serving alcohol in England and Wales from 11pm to 1am for 3 evenings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday on June 2-4.

The late consuming will type a part of a four-day financial institution vacation weekend stretching from Thursday to Sunday already introduced to mark the seventieth anniversary of the Queen’s reign.

The commemorative weekend will embrace nationwide avenue events, a service of thanksgiving, a Platinum Pageant and live performance, in addition to the ceremony of Trooping the Color.

Queen Elizabeth II got here to the throne on 6 February 1952 on the dying of her father George VI, although her coronation didn’t come till greater than a yr in a while 2 June 1953. She grew to become the longest-reigning monarch in UK historical past in 2015 and would be the first ever to achieve her platinum jubilee.

Asserting the proposals for extending licensing hours, residence secretary Priti Patel stated: “Her Majesty The Queen is an instance to us all – she has served the UK and the Commonwealth with the utmost dignity, steadfastness, and resolve all through her outstanding reign.

“The platinum jubilee is a really historic event, and it’s proper that the nation ought to mark this celebration in a particular means.

“This extension will allow households, mates and communities throughout England and Wales to boost a glass to toast Her Majesty The Queen and mark her unimaginable service to our nation.”

Part 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 permits the house secretary to make a licensing hours order giving permission to premises to open for specified, prolonged hours to mark events of remarkable worldwide, nationwide or native significance.

Related extensions have beforehand been put in place for the Queen’s ninetieth birthday in 2016, the diamond jubilee in 2012 and the weddings of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011 and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018, a properly as for the FIFA soccer World Cup in 2014.

A month-long session will take into account the views of the general public on the plans, in addition to these of key gamers just like the police, licensing authorities and alcohol consciousness teams.

Since 2005, pubs in England and Wales have been capable of apply for licences allowing the sale of alcohol on a 24-hour foundation, however in apply native councils have a tendency to limit opening instances for particular person premises, with most shutting their doorways at 11pm.