Double Summer Time: Tourism

Lord Lee of Trafford asked Her Majesty’s Government:

What consideration has been given to the effect of double summer time on the United Kingdom’s domestic tourism industry.


During the course of the question.....

Lord Faulkner of Worcester:

My Lords, is it not the case that the Department of Trade and Industry has one view and the Department for Transport has an entirely different view? The road safety arguments adduced by my noble friend Lord Davies of Oldham in answering a Question from the noble Lord, Lord Tanlaw, are absolutely convincing—certainly for many of us on this side of the House. Can the Minister at least give an assurance that if Mr Yeo’s Private Member’s Bill in the other place makes progress, the Government will not attempt to block it?

© Lords Hansard 24 January 2007