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Business of the House

Is the Leader of the House aware that, according to experts, up to 500 people are killed needlessly each year as a consequence of our maintaining the ridiculous ritual of putting our clocks back every autumn? Could we have a debate on the benefits of extending summertime throughout the year? If, as I suspect, the only objectors are a handful of Scots, should not they be told, ““Look, you’ve got your own Parliament—if you don’t like it, go away and give yourselves your own time zone””?