§ Dame Angela RumboldTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what estimate his Department has made of the cost to British business of the one-hour time difference between the United Kingdom and continental Europe;
(2)what studies his Department has commissioned on the advantages for British businesses of a harmonisation of the United Kingdom's time zone with that of the rest of continental Europe; and if he will make a statement;
(3)what representations his Department has received on the subject of Britain's time zone.
§ Mr. SainsburyMy Department has made no estimate of the cost to British business of the one hour time difference and has commissioned no studies on the advantages of harmonising time zones. My Department has received a small number of representations.