§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has had any meetings with the Building Employers Confederation to discuss the possible impact upon the construction industry of proposed changes to British summer time arrangements.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo, but responses are invited by 29 September to the Green Paper Cm. 722 published on 27 June.
§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the economic impact upon the construction industry of the proposed changes to British summer time arrangements.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI refer the hon. Member to paragraphs 78 to 80 of the Green Paper "Summer Time—A Consultation Document" Cm. 722.
§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received any representations from the construction industry concerning proposed changes to British summer time arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWritten observations were received from a number of organisations concerned with the construction industry as part of the consultation, through Departments, on summer time and we have subsequently received a further representation from the president of the Building Employers' Confederation. The views submitted have been taken into account in the Green Paper "Summer Time—A Consultation Document" Cm. 722.