Double Summer Time

EDM number 389 in 1993-94, proposed by Angela Rumbold on 19/01/1994.

That this House recognises the enormous advantages for all the people of this country in moving Britain's clocks forward by one hour throughout the year, thereby matching daylight and waking hours more effectively; notes that the move is supported by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Police Federation because, according to Transport Research Laboratory calculations, the result of such a move would be 140 fewer fatalities and 520 fewer serious injuries on the roads every year, with the Scots benefiting proportionately more than others; further notes that an extra hour of evening daylight would benefit children, working women, and elderly people, who are disadvantaged and threatened by the early dusk and darkness, as well as cutting energy costs by ú260 million per year; recognises the benefits that extra evening light would have on the health & lifestyle of the British people, and the ú1 billion increase in tourism revenues that the consequently longer holiday season would provide; similarly recognises the greater convenience to all business people communicating with and travelling to and from Europe; welcomes the European Commission's review of summer time arrangements in the Community which has now resulted in the adoption of a Directive to ensure that all EU members end summer time along with Britain in October; and therefore calls on the Government to allow Parliament to decide on Britain's move to single/double summer time at the earliest opportunity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 98 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Angela Rumbold	19/01/1994	Mitcham & Morden		Proposed
Tony Wright	19/01/1994	Cannock and Burntwood		Signed
Richard Alexander	19/01/1994	Newark		Signed
Nick Ainger	19/01/1994	Pembroke		Signed
Llin Golding	19/01/1994	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Cheryl Gillan	19/01/1994	Chesham & Amersham		Signed
John Gilbert	19/01/1994	Dudley East		Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/01/1994	Walthamstow		Signed
George Foulkes	19/01/1994	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Paul Flynn	19/01/1994	Newport West		Signed
Mark Fisher	19/01/1994	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Frank Field	19/01/1994	Birkenhead		Signed
Peggy Fenner	19/01/1994	Medway		Signed
Andrew Faulds	19/01/1994	Warley East		Signed
John Hannam	19/01/1994	Exeter		Signed
Robert Banks	19/01/1994	Harrogate		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	19/01/1994	Carmarthen		Signed
Nigel Waterson	19/01/1994	Eastbourne		Signed
John Ward	19/01/1994	Poole		Signed
Joan Walley	19/01/1994	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Dennis Turner	19/01/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Paddy Tipping	19/01/1994	Sherwood		Signed
David Steel	19/01/1994	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Clive Betts	19/01/1994	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	19/01/1994	St Helens South		Signed
Joe Benton	19/01/1994	Bootle		Signed
Stuart Bell	19/01/1994	Middlesbrough		Signed
Hugh Bayley	19/01/1994	York, City of		Signed
Michael Fabricant	19/01/1994	Staffordshire Mid		Signed
John Evans	19/01/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Anthony Coombs	19/01/1994	Wyre Forest		Signed
James Lester	19/01/1994	Broxtowe		Signed
Alan Keen	19/01/1994	Feltham & Heston		Signed
Jon Owen Jones	19/01/1994	Cardiff Central		Signed
Helen Jackson	19/01/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
John Hunt	19/01/1994	Ravensbourne		Signed
Terence Higgins	19/01/1994	Worthing		Signed
Nick Hawkins	19/01/1994	Blackpool South		Signed
James Spicer	19/01/1994	West Dorset		Signed
Stuart Randall	19/01/1994	Kingston upon Hull West		Signed
Raymond Powell	19/01/1994	Ogmore		Signed
David Hanson	19/01/1994	Delyn		Signed
Paul Marland	19/01/1994	Gloucestershire West		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	19/01/1994	Cardiff West		Signed
Edward O'Hara	19/01/1994	Knowsley South		Signed
Derek Enright	19/01/1994	Hemsworth		Signed
Nirj Deva	19/01/1994	Brentford & Isleworth		Signed
Jim Cunningham	19/01/1994	Coventry South East		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	19/01/1994	Leigh		Signed
Frank Cook	19/01/1994	Stockton North		Signed
Michael Colvin	19/01/1994	Romsey and Waterside		Signed
Ann Coffey	19/01/1994	Stockport		Signed
Ann Clwyd	19/01/1994	Cynon Valley		Signed
Anne Campbell	19/01/1994	Cambridge		Signed
Richard Caborn	19/01/1994	Sheffield Central		Signed
Richard Burden	19/01/1994	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	20/01/1994	Durham, City of		Signed
David Alton	20/01/1994	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Jim Dowd	20/01/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
Ken Livingstone	20/01/1994	Brent East		Signed
Lynne Jones	20/01/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Ray Whitney	21/01/1994	Wycombe		Signed
John Townend	21/01/1994	Bridlington		Signed
David Mitchell	21/01/1994	North West Hampshire		Signed
Robert Jackson	21/01/1994	Wantage		Signed
Tim Rathbone	21/01/1994	Lewes		Signed
Keith Hill	21/01/1994	Streatham		Signed
John Whittingdale	24/01/1994	Colchester South and Maldon		Signed
Alan Williams	24/01/1994	Swansea West		Signed
Janet Anderson	24/01/1994	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Alun Michael	24/01/1994	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
John Heppell	24/01/1994	Nottingham East		Signed
Nick Harvey	24/01/1994	North Devon		Signed
Gordon Oakes	24/01/1994	Halton		Signed
John Gunnell	25/01/1994	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Jeff Rooker	25/01/1994	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Paul Tyler	26/01/1994	North Cornwall		Signed
David Shaw	31/01/1994	Dover		Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	01/02/1994	Leominster		Signed
Peter Thurnham	01/02/1994	Bolton North East		Signed
Winston Churchill	03/02/1994	Davyhulme		Signed
Michael Alison	03/02/1994	Selby		Signed
Roland Boyes	03/02/1994	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Nigel Jones	03/02/1994	Cheltenham		Signed
Michael Clark	04/02/1994	Rochford		Signed
Mildred Gordon	04/02/1994	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Martyn Jones	08/02/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Anthony Durant	09/02/1994	Reading West		Signed
Bill Olner	09/02/1994	Nuneaton		Signed
Ralph Howell	09/02/1994	North Norfolk		Signed
David Evans	10/02/1994	Welwyn Hatfield		Signed
James Hill	11/02/1994	Southampton, Test		Signed
Mike Gapes	15/02/1994	Ilford South		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	23/02/1994	Edinburgh South		Signed
Kim Howells	23/02/1994	Pontypridd		Signed
Rupert Allason	29/03/1994	Torbay		Signed
Peter Bottomley	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Watts	Unknown			Withdrawn

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