My Lords, when I looked at this Bill, I was reminded of the last time I got involved in debates on this subject. My objections then were very largely those that have been so subtly and gently put forward by my noble and learned friend Lord Howe. Is the upside of having an extra time zone between Wales and England or England and Scotland or Scotland and Wales creating some sort of job creation scheme for bureaucrats trying to synchronise activity? Is it a way of irritating people who are trying to order things over the phone from various sorts of economic activity? When we go into it, the arguments are there. Practically, a comparatively small area having different time zones is an irritation we do not need.
Devolution (Time) Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Addington
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 1 July 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Devolution (Time) Bill [HL].
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