Public Bill Committees
Daylight Saving Bill

• Daylight Saving Bill, 1st sitting (1 speech)
  [Dr William McCrea in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Cross-departmental analysis (78 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 3 - Trial period and review (37 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 4 - Interpretation (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 5 - Financial provisions (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 5, page 2, line 33, leave out “the Secretary of State,”.
  • Clause 6 - Short title, commencement and extent (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • New Clause 1 - Report to be prepared on advancing time (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State must prepare a report on the potential costs and benefits of advancing the time for general purposes in the United Kingdom by one hour. (2) In preparing the...
  • New Clause 2 - Independent Oversight Group (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State must appoint a group (to be known as the Independent Oversight Group) to advise the Secretary of State on the preparation of the report. (2) A member of the...
  • New Clause 3 - Publication of the report (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State must publish the report before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed. (2) But if, before the end of that period,...
  • New Clause 4 - Power to advance time by one hour for trial period (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State may by order make provision for advancing the time for general purposes in the United Kingdom by one hour. (2) An order under subsection (1) is referred to in...
  • New Clause 5 - The trial period (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) In this Act “the trial period” means the period— (a) beginning at the specified relevant time in the specified year, and (b) ending at the same relevant time three...
  • New Clause 6 - Duty to monitor effect of order (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State must monitor the effect of a daylight saving order throughout the period— (a) beginning with the time at which the order is made, and (b) ending with the...
  • New Clause 7 - Power to revoke order (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State may by order revoke a daylight saving order. (2) No order under this section may be made after the day on which the trial period begins. (3) Before making an...
  • New Clause 8 - Power to increase length of trial period (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State may by order amend section [The trial period](1)(b) (end of trial period) so as to substitute a later relevant time for that for the time being specified in that...
  • New Clause 9 - The end of the trial (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State must, during the trial period, do one of the following— (a) make an order under section [Power to abandon trial] (order abandoning trial); (b) make an...
  • New Clause 10 - Power to abandon trial (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State may, after the trial period has begun, by order make provision for the order to expire at a relevant time that falls on a day before that on which the trial...
  • New Clause 11 - Power to advance time by one hour permanently (3 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State may, at any time during the trial period, by order make provision for the daylight saving order to have effect permanently. (2) Before making an order under this...
  • New Clause 12 - Interpretation etc (0 speeches)
    “(1) References in this Act to advancing the time for general purposes in the United Kingdom by one hour are to making the time for general purposes in the United Kingdom— (a) during...
  • Title (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: 6, in title, line 1, leave out from “to” to “and” in line 4 and insert “prepare and publish a report on advancing the time for general purposes by...