Jim Dowd – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Dowd on 2014-06-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has put in place to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battles of Harfleur and Agincourt.

Mrs Helen Grant

The previous Secretary of State, the Rt. Hon Maria Miller MP announced in October last year a commitment of £10million of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for projects marking some of the UK’s most important anniversaries and commemorative events including Agincourt 600. This will ensure that those moments which form a central part of our national history are commemorated and understood by people today.