Road Safety Bill [HL]

I have to say that I am not terribly pleased about this amendment. It may well be fine in the east of England, but it would not be very helpful in north-west Scotland. For their own reasons, the Icelanders have opted to observe GMT, despite the fact that Reykjavik is 18 degrees west. The noble Lord’s amendment would impose on the citizens of Stornoway, for example, even darker mornings. Stornoway is seven degrees west. If we were to move the United Kingdom’s time forward to GMT plus one, Stornoway would effectively be at 22 degrees west. This would condemn it to mornings in the middle of winter which would be struggling to become light by eleven o’clock. That would not be helpful.