MPs will today discuss controversial plans to rename the annual Cup Match holiday to recognise the end of slavery in Bermuda.

Acting Premier Eugene Cox will introduce the bill in the House of Assembly, which aims to dub the summer break Emancipation Day instead.

Cup Match is an amalgamation of two holidays -- one to mark the end of slavery in 1834 and Somers Day, commemorating the settling of the Island in 1609.

Premier Jennifer Smith tabled the bill in a bid to push the end of slavery in the former British Empire to the forefront.

But ex-United Bermuda Party Premier Sir John Swan said that a name change could breed division among the black and white sections of society.

Also on the agenda is a bill to be introduced by Transport Minister Ewart Brown intended to include floating docks and mooring piles in the definition of "moored'' contained in the 1962 Marine Board Act.

Dr. Brown will also bring up a series of regulations amending fees charged to users of the airport.

Mr. Cox said last night that MPs might also get around to a bill designed to include MPs and Senators as Government workers for the purpose of claiming health insurance.

And he said it was not yet clear if any Ministers would use the House to make special statements.

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