Daylight Saving Bill gets initial approval from MPs
Alice Massey
Thought this might be of interest to some of you
Alice
Daylight Saving Bill gets initial approval from MPs
(A resource use issue - apologies if too off-topic...)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11913582
The campaign to give the UK more hours of daylight in the evenings has been boosted by MPs who have given it initial approval.
The Daylight Saving Bill requires the government to conduct analysis of the costs and benefits of shifting the clocks forward by an hour for all or part of the year.
If it was found to benefit the whole of the UK, a three-year trial would follow, the bill proposes.
MPs voted by 92 to 10 in support.
The bill now goes for more detailed scrutiny in the Commons.
'No immediate change'
At the end of more of than four hours of debate on Friday, Business Minister Ed Davey said the government opposed the bill, because the "necessary consensus across all parts of the UK does not yet exist to justify a change, or the passing of any legislation on the matter".
However, he offered to publish a review of the available evidence concerning the likely effects of moving to Central European Time.
He said the government would also propose talks with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland about the issue.
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for more go to:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11913582
and http://www.lighterlater.org/
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