To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to his statement of 3 December 2010, Official Report, column 1154, when the Government intends to publish its review of the available evidence about the potential effects of moving to central European time in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to his statement of 3 December 2010, Official Report, column 1154, when the Government intends to publish its review of the available evidence about the potential effects of moving to central European time in the UK.

I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern. Indeed, I myself sponsored a such private Member's Bill with my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk (Mr Yeo)—I think it was in the Parliament before last—and I had exactly the same problem that the hon. Gentleman has just referred to: his party's...

I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern. Indeed, I myself sponsored a such private Member's Bill with my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk (Mr Yeo)—I think it was in the Parliament before last—and I had exactly the same problem that the hon. Gentleman has just referred to: his party's...

The Leader of the House will be familiar with the saying ““Where there's a will, there's a way””. The public want a Bill on daylight saving, as do Members across this House. Will he think again? Will he find the will and find a way?

The Leader of the House will be familiar with the saying ““Where there's a will, there's a way””. The public want a Bill on daylight saving, as do Members across this House. Will he think again? Will he find the will and find a way?

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent meetings he has had with (a) the National Farmers Union and (b) other representatives of the farming community to discuss potential changes to daylight savings time; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent meetings he has had with (a) the National Farmers Union and (b) other representatives of the farming community to discuss potential changes to daylight savings time; and if he will make a statement.

If the hon. Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart), who advocated European harmonisation earlier, curbs his enthusiasm and goes to the ROSPA website, he will find that the month of November is the most dangerous month. It is by studying what ROSPA says that I have introduced the amendment.

If the hon. Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart), who advocated European harmonisation earlier, curbs his enthusiasm and goes to the ROSPA website, he will find that the month of November is the most dangerous month. It is by studying what ROSPA says that I have introduced the amendment.

The European directive is important because in the days before it ferry and airline timetables were full of footnotes about countries changing their clocks at different times. The hon. Gentleman's amendments are also important in starting a consultation. After the consultation, if the consensus is for the change that he...

The European directive is important because in the days before it ferry and airline timetables were full of footnotes about countries changing their clocks at different times. The hon. Gentleman's amendments are also important in starting a consultation. After the consultation, if the consensus is for the change that he...

These amendments address the role of the devolved Administrations, and I therefore think it would assist the debate if I explained how the Bill's provisions would affect the devolution settlements. The subject of time zones is devolved in respect of Northern Ireland but reserved in respect of Scotland and Wales....

These amendments address the role of the devolved Administrations, and I therefore think it would assist the debate if I explained how the Bill's provisions would affect the devolution settlements. The subject of time zones is devolved in respect of Northern Ireland but reserved in respect of Scotland and Wales....

Why does the hon. Gentleman feel obliged to bring anti-Europeanism into everything? I do not think the directive was opposed by the UK; I think the UK was one of the key supporters of a directive, so why suggest that it was forced upon us by Europe?

Why does the hon. Gentleman feel obliged to bring anti-Europeanism into everything? I do not think the directive was opposed by the UK; I think the UK was one of the key supporters of a directive, so why suggest that it was forced upon us by Europe?

I have received many representations from the tourism sector in Thanet. My hon. Friend talks about reducing Greenwich mean time, but would it not be much simpler to do this universally right across the year? How many representations has my hon. Friend had from his tourism sector locally because, as...

I have received many representations from the tourism sector in Thanet. My hon. Friend talks about reducing Greenwich mean time, but would it not be much simpler to do this universally right across the year? How many representations has my hon. Friend had from his tourism sector locally because, as...

Would the devolved Administrations have full access to the data on which the report was based? Furthermore, we are getting Government policy from the Minister but I would be much more comfortable if it was written into the Bill?

Would the devolved Administrations have full access to the data on which the report was based? Furthermore, we are getting Government policy from the Minister but I would be much more comfortable if it was written into the Bill?

The Ministers says that he is determined that this will not go ahead without the agreement of people in Scotland and Wales, as well as Northern Ireland, so why will he not accept that being made clear in the Bill? If that is his intention, he has nothing to lose...

The Ministers says that he is determined that this will not go ahead without the agreement of people in Scotland and Wales, as well as Northern Ireland, so why will he not accept that being made clear in the Bill? If that is his intention, he has nothing to lose...

The Minister and I discussed this matter back and forward at some length in Committee. Given the measures that he is outlining, would it be possible for the Government here in Westminster to override the wishes of the Scottish Government?

The Minister and I discussed this matter back and forward at some length in Committee. Given the measures that he is outlining, would it be possible for the Government here in Westminster to override the wishes of the Scottish Government?

I agree with the hon. Gentleman on this point. It is not separatists who say that they want to give more powers within the existing devolution settlement to the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly, and I hope that his amendment is therefore successful.

I agree with the hon. Gentleman on this point. It is not separatists who say that they want to give more powers within the existing devolution settlement to the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly, and I hope that his amendment is therefore successful.

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will press on, as I am sure you and others would wish me to do. If the intention of my hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point and the Minister is to get agreement from Scotland and Wales before a trial goes ahead, I...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will press on, as I am sure you and others would wish me to do. If the intention of my hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point and the Minister is to get agreement from Scotland and Wales before a trial goes ahead, I...

I have drawn exactly the opposite conclusion. What the hon. Gentleman says may be true in terms of the niceties of the legislation, but I understand that, like me, he wants to preserve the United Kingdom, and giving an additional safeguard to people in Scotland and in Wales is a...

I have drawn exactly the opposite conclusion. What the hon. Gentleman says may be true in terms of the niceties of the legislation, but I understand that, like me, he wants to preserve the United Kingdom, and giving an additional safeguard to people in Scotland and in Wales is a...

Does my hon. Friend feel, as I do, that the safeguards that we are looking for are a way of fixing the goalposts? At the moment, there is a danger—the Minister refused to say that it was not possible—that the Government might renege, change their mind, choose another policy or...

Does my hon. Friend feel, as I do, that the safeguards that we are looking for are a way of fixing the goalposts? At the moment, there is a danger—the Minister refused to say that it was not possible—that the Government might renege, change their mind, choose another policy or...

While our debate has continued, another issue that I had not considered has been brought to my attention—that the provisions are anti-working mothers. A woman, Mrs Marybell Galbraith who lived in Glasgow with her children in the '60s, e-mailed me to say:"““My children and myself suffered from this””—"

While our debate has continued, another issue that I had not considered has been brought to my attention—that the provisions are anti-working mothers. A woman, Mrs Marybell Galbraith who lived in Glasgow with her children in the '60s, e-mailed me to say:"““My children and myself suffered from this””—"

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point (Rebecca Harris) on getting her private Member's Bill this far. She has certainly got much further than I have with any of mine. I think mine got no further than being heavily defeated on Second Reading—largely by my hon. Friends!...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point (Rebecca Harris) on getting her private Member's Bill this far. She has certainly got much further than I have with any of mine. I think mine got no further than being heavily defeated on Second Reading—largely by my hon. Friends!...

Well, if the hon. Gentleman—

Well, if the hon. Gentleman—

I say that we should have a series of Novembers. As I have said, I am a conciliatory man, and I have extended an olive branch. Rather than plunge areas of the country north of Manchester into darkness for two months a year, with no sunrise before 9 am, I...

I say that we should have a series of Novembers. As I have said, I am a conciliatory man, and I have extended an olive branch. Rather than plunge areas of the country north of Manchester into darkness for two months a year, with no sunrise before 9 am, I...