Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAYasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the arrangement made last year by His Majesty's Government with the French Government in respect to a summer time period, he will delay further consideration by the House of the Summer Time Bill until the final fate of the Summer Time Bill recently passed through the French Senate is known?
§ Mr. SHORTTThe Government propose to proceed with the Summer Time Bill as soon as possible, but a final decision will not be taken as regards the actual period of summer time until we know whether the period proposed in the Bill will also be adopted in France. I am informed that the French Government intend to give effect to the agreement, and that the discussion of the matter will be resumed shortly in the French Parliament.