§ Mr. Rifkindasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the considerations that have led the Government to withdraw responsibility for Summer Time from the proposed Welsh Assembly do not apply in the case of the proposed Scottish Assembly.
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§ Dr. SummerskillThere are objective arguments for a different Scottish practice. When British Standard Time was applied experimentally in 1969–71, an official survey showed that although in Great Britain as a whole the majority favoured the retention of British Standard Time, this was not so in Scotland. The same was not true of Wales; nor does devolution necessarily require identical treatment. It is inherent in the present scheme that the different requirements should be matched with different solutions.