HC Deb 05 December 1968 vol 774 cc549-50W
Q8. Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech of the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 1st December at Rutherglen on the economic situation represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.

Q9. Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department at Rutherglen on Sunday, 1st December on the economic situation, represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.

The Prime Minister

Yes.

Mrs. Ewing

asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech of the Secretary of State for the Home Department on British Standard Time at Rutherglen on Sunday, 1st December, 1968 represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.

The Prime Minister

Yes. It has been the Government's intention that a comprehensive review of the effects of British Standard Time should be made in the spring of 1970 as the Act contemplates. In the meantime a close watch is being kept on the matter, and an assessment will be made at the end of this winter on the basis of the information then available, for instance on road accidents.