HC Deb 19 April 1978 vol 948 c141W
Mr. Lawrence

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to harmonise time changes, such as British summer time, between Great Britain, France and other EEC countries.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The European Economic Community is considering a proposal that all member States should apply summer time for a common period running from about the beginning of April to mid-October. This would shorten our present period of summer time by four weeks, and Parliament would need to be consulted before any change could be made.