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I thank my hon. Friend for her question, but I am afraid I have to disappoint her. The Government believe that the current daylight saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK, so there are no plans to introduce double summer time or any such...

Member
Alan Campbell (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 March 2026
Reference
783 c435
House
House of Commons

The clocks change this weekend, and at a stroke we will have light in the evenings. We could have light at evenings all year round if we adopted Churchill time; it would also cut bills, reduce road traffic accidents and boost the hospitality industry. Given that this is a cross-departmental...

Member
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Type
Business questions
Date
26 March 2026
Reference
783 c435
House
House of Commons

British Summer Time is the UK's seasonal clock change. Find out when and why the clocks change in the spring and autumn, calls for change, and evidence about the effects of daylight saving measures.

Type
Commons Briefing papers
Date
25 March 2026
Reference
SN03796

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken an analysis of the potential impact of Single or Double British Summer Time on pubs during major international sporting tournaments.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 January 2026
Reference
107841
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing double summer time.

Asked by
Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2025
Reference
91160
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department’s road safety strategy will include an assessment of the potential impact of daylight hours on accident rates.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 November 2025
Reference
87137
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of adopting single/double summer time on levels of crime.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 2025
Reference
83157
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of adopting single/double summer time on the retail and hospitality sectors.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 2025
Reference
83156
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of adopting single/double summer time on children’s access to after-school (a) sports and (b) outdoor activities.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 2025
Reference
83154
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of adopting single/double summer time on levels of energy consumption.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 2025
Reference
83153
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of adopting single/double summer time on road safety.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 October 2025
Reference
83155
House
House of Commons

As Britain faced peril in world war two, Winston Churchill took a radical step: he changed the clocks to shift extra daylight into the evenings. As the clocks go back this weekend, will the Prime Minister take a look at the evidence on trialling Churchill time again to cut carbon, reduce bills, improve road safety, boost the hospitality industry and be the Prime Minister who will brighten up all our lives?

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 c965
House
House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for her question. We will look at the relevant material.

Answered by
Keir Starmer (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 c965
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of moving to (a) single and (b) double summer time on cumulative carbon emissions.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 July 2025
Reference
68877
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for businesses of adopting Single/Double Summer Time.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 July 2025
Reference
62037
House
House of Commons

Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Alex Mayer
Answering member
Justin Madders
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
27 March 2025
Reference
764 cc1210-6
House
House of Commons

Spring is in the air, and it is almost time for a familiar ritual. On Sunday, the clocks will go forward by an hour, and our evenings will become lighter overnight as British summer time begins. Frankly, each time the clocks go forward and back, it is a bit of...

Member
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 March 2025
Reference
764 cc1210-2
House
House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (Alex Mayer) for securing this debate. I am grateful for her insights and remarks on this important topic, which, as she explained, impacts on everyone’s lives in one way or another. She described the clocks changing as a...

Member
Justin Madders (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 March 2025
Reference
764 cc1212-6
House
House of Commons

That this House notes the twice per year change when UK clocks and watches are altered by one hour, British Summer Time starting this year on 30 March and then changed back on 26 October; and calls for an informed debate on the advantages and disadvantages of deciding that there...

Primary sponsor
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Early day motions
Date
26 March 2025
Reference
1013
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential economic impact of retaining British Summer Time all year round.

Asked by
Andrew Lewin (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 2024
Reference
12242
House
House of Commons