Adrian Sanders MP says clocks change could save lives and create jobs in Torbay
By PaigntonPeep | Thursday, January 19, 2012, 15:14
Local MP Adrian Sanders is backing a bill to objectively look at the benefits of moving the clocks forward by one hour.
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Torbay MP Adrian Sanders is backing a bill which could result in moving the clocks forward by one hour.
Adrian Sanders, MP for Torbay, is backing the Daylight Saving Bill which receives its Third Reading in the House of Commons this Friday. The bill calls on the Government to conduct a comprehensive review of the costs and benefits of putting clocks forward an hour throughout the UK, resulting in lighter evenings every day of the year.
Mr Sanders said: "The arguments in favour of clock change are compelling. This one simple low-cost policy could bring wide ranging benefits to the whole of the UK including creating much needed jobs in the tourism sector, saving lives on our roads, and reducing the fear of crime on dark evenings. The bill will be hugely beneficial to Torbay and other tourism-dominated areas in particular by providing additional trading hours and therefore creating large numbers of jobs available in the leisure and tourism industry."
Supporters argue that lighter evenings would save lives on our roads by making more of our busiest evening rush hours occur in daylight, create jobs by boosting the tourism sector, and make many people especially older people feel safer going out in the evenings for longer. Lighter Later, the group coordinating the campaign for change, says support for the cause has never been stronger.
Campaign manager Daniel Vockins said: "The Daylight Saving Bill is supported by over 90 national organisations from The AA to SAGA and The FA backing lighter evenings. On the year the Olympics comes to Britain, this would be a brilliant legacy for our young athletes."
Members of the public can find out more about the move at www.lighterlater.org
Comments
This is the first I have heard of this - the day before the third reading!!! Another instance of sneaking things through and then claiming no one objected (because they didn't know about it).
What is written on this page is very vague and make no sense - I thought that daylight saving time was in the winter!
If AS is saying we should stop messing around with the clocks twice a year - then I agree. If he is saying add another hour and still mess around with the clocks twice a year - then I totally disagree. For one - it messes up the internal clocks of animals such as cows that are used to being milked at a certain time and it also messes with the internal clocks of people.
What is so great about lighter evenings? It only makes a real difference for a few weeks at the end of winter and then the evenings are light until late anyway. The down side is darker mornings when people are still sleepy and not so attentive.
The argument for improved tourism is totally baffling and I would like to see some hard facts rather than ideas pulled out of the air. The only tourism 'benefits' I can see is that people will have more daylight drinking hours with all the problems that causes.
At this time of year sunset is about 21:30 and getting later - what safety difference would adding an extra hour make?
By CharliB at 18:10 on 10/05/12
ReportCan't think of any benefits. Miserable dark mornings in winter, even in the South West and more irritation from bogan neighbours in the summer outside to all hours when it should be dark.
By 2jaibee at 20:52 on 22/01/12
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