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Crossing the Mighty Tamar River ( The Great grey green greasy Tamar river all set about with social housing) into the ancient kingdom of Kernow, by how many minutes would you have to advance / turn back your clock ?The Daylight Saving Bill 2010-12
The Daylight Saving Bill 2010–12, a private member's bill by Conservative backbench MP Rebecca Harris, would have required the Government to conduct an analysis of the potential costs and benefits of advancing time by one hour for all, or part of, the year. If the analysis found that a clock change would benefit the UK, the bill required that the Government initiate a trial clock change to determine the full effects.[21]
In 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron stated he would seriously consider proposals in the bill. The bill was only likely to be passed with Government support. Despite initial opposition in Scotland to the move, Cameron stated his preference was for the change to apply across the United Kingdom, stating "We are a United Kingdom. I want us to have a united time zone."[22] A survey in late October 2010 of about 3,000 people for British energy firm Npower suggested that a majority of Scots may be narrowly in favour of this change, though the Scottish Government remained opposed.[23]
The bill was debated again in Parliament in November 2011 and sent to committee in December 2011.[24] In January 2012, the bill was again debated on the floor out the House of Commons where it was filibustered out of Parliament by opponents.[25] Angus MacNeil, MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, argued that it would adversely affect the population of Northern Scotland, while Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for North East Somerset, tried to introduce an amendment to give Somerset its own time zone, 15 minutes behind London, in order to highlight what he saw as the absurdities of the bill.[26][27] With all its allocated time used up, the bill will proceed no further through Parliament.[28]
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