§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 15 March, on central European time, what power he has to adopt common European time on an experimental basis only.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe adoption of central European time on an experimental basis would require fresh primary legislation similar to that enacted in 1968 for the purposes of the British standard time experiment.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate has been made of the effect in terms of numbers of(a) lives saved and (b) serious injuries avoided between now and 1995, on present trends, of introducing common European time.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe only such estimates available are those relating to road traffic casualties. Estimates for 1991 are that some 140 deaths and 520 serious injuries could be saved by adopting central European time. Savings in subsequent years are likely to be of the same order.