Daylight Saving Bill (Money)

I beg to move,"That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Daylight Saving Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—""(1) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by a Minister of the Crown or by a government department, and""(2) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided." If I may, on behalf of the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr Davey), who is responsible for consumer affairs, I wish to pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point (Rebecca Harris) for her tireless work on the Bill. I also thank her for working constructively on a number of proposed amendments, which mean that I can now confirm the Government's intention to support the Bill on an amended basis. The House last debated the Bill on 3 December 2010 when, despite the Government's Opposition, it received its Second Reading. Altering the clocks is something that we have thought about long and hard, and, as the Prime Minister has said, it is an issue that needs consensus right across the country. The amendments that we are seeking address our earlier concerns, including on the need for UK-wide consensus as to any change. Accordingly, the Secretary of State will be required to consult the devolved Administrations in Scotland and Wales, and to obtain the consent of the devolved Administration in Northern Ireland to any proposed trial. I wish to emphasise that the Government would not expect to introduce a trial if there was clear opposition in any part of the UK. A further amendment we propose is that the ““independent commission”” be changed to an ““independent oversight group””, whose role would be to advise the Secretary of State on the preparation of any report.