§ Lord Tanlawasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether a devolved Scottish Parliament will have power to legislate for the harmonisation of British Standard Time (BST) with Central European Time (CET) for Scottish residents.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (Lord Sewel)The White PaperScotland's Parliament sets out the Government's proposal that the regulation of time zones should be a reserved matter. The Scottish Parliament would not therefore have power to legislate for the introduction of Central European Time.