§ Sir Gerrard NealeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the effect of a move by the United Kingdom to central European time on the number of fatal and serious road accidents; and whether the Government support such a move.
§ Mrs. RumboldI have been asked to reply.
I refer my hon. Friend to estimates by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory set out in the Green Paper "Summer time: A Consultation Document", CM722. The responses to the Green Paper revealed considerable difference of opinion within the United Kingdom about options for future summer time arrangements. Policy on those arrangements therefore remains under consideration.