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Summertime

Commons · Question 91160 · Tabled 14 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing double summer time.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 24 Nov 2025

The government believes the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK. The government believes now would not be the time to make changes that would require considerable planning and action by bu...