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British Summer Time is the UK's seasonal clock change. Find out when and why the clocks change in the spring and autumn, calls for change, and evidence about the effects of daylight saving measures.

Type
Commons Briefing papers
Date
25 March 2026
Reference
SN03796

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of adopting single/double summer time on levels of energy consumption.

Asked by
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 2025
Reference
83153
House
House of Commons

Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Alex Mayer
Answering member
Justin Madders
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
27 March 2025
Reference
764 cc1210-6
House
House of Commons

Spring is in the air, and it is almost time for a familiar ritual. On Sunday, the clocks will go forward by an hour, and our evenings will become lighter overnight as British summer time begins. Frankly, each time the clocks go forward and back, it is a bit of...

Member
Alex Mayer (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 March 2025
Reference
764 cc1210-2
House
House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (Alex Mayer) for securing this debate. I am grateful for her insights and remarks on this important topic, which, as she explained, impacts on everyone’s lives in one way or another. She described the clocks changing as a...

Member
Justin Madders (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 March 2025
Reference
764 cc1212-6
House
House of Commons

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to keeping British Summer Time through the winter to reduce energy demand.

Asked by
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 November 2022
Reference
HL2909
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the estimated energy savings that could be made by moving the UK to the GMT+2 hour time zone during the summer months, and to GMT+1 hour time zone for the rest of the year.

Asked by
Lord Rooker (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 March 2022
Reference
HL6998
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend British Summer Time; and what assessment they have made of the impact of any such extension on (1) energy consumption, and (2) business productivity.

Asked by
Lord Vinson (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 February 2021
Reference
HL12981
House
House of Lords

In September 2018, the European Commission published a draft directive which would oblige member states to end seasonal time changes and decide whether to remain on winter time or summertime permanently. This House of Lords Library briefing outlines the proposals and reaction to them, and summarises past parliamentary debate on...

Type
Lords Library Briefings - Topical
Date
19 March 2019
Reference
LLN-2019-0033

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on consumer energy bills of using daylight saving time all year.

Asked by
Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Energy and Climate Change
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 December 2015
Reference
19739
House
House of Commons

This is a report on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Daylight Saving Bill.

Type
Commons Briefing papers
Date
11 January 2012
Reference
RP12-3

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. As someone with a few years' experience in the Chamber, you, Mr Speaker, are probably more familiar with the measure than I am, as this is far from being the first time the House has debated the...

Member
Rebecca Harris (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1083
House
House of Commons

The hon. Lady leads me nicely on to the next part of my speech. In this, I am not only a Scottish nationalist—I feel the mantle of English nationalism, too. I care for the good people of England and I care that for two months of the year, in the...

Member
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1113
House
House of Commons

On the point about people wanting to barbecue, for example, at half 11 at night, it is quite possible to do that on the north coast in Northern Ireland. Not many people do, generally, because it is quite chilly at that time of night.

Member
Naomi Long (Alliance)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1110
House
House of Commons

The trial period is the dangerous part. A trial period of three years is quite a large percentage of somebody's life. I would be happier if something could be done about the EU directive. Rather than plunge people in Scotland into misery, we could turn the other way, look south-east...

Member
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1109
House
House of Commons

I believe that Australia were all out for 275.

Member
Andrew Bingham (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1096
House
House of Commons

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Castle Point (Rebecca Harris) on introducing this very sensible measure. I have a sneaking feeling that Sir Bernard Braine would be extremely proud, were he around to hear her speak today. The point has been made, and it will be made again,...

Member
Roger Gale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1102-3
House
House of Commons

I am not necessarily saying that it is desirable; I am saying that it is practicably possible, if that is what the Scots want.

Member
Roger Gale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1103
House
House of Commons

I am entirely in support of everything that the hon. Gentleman is saying. Setting aside the Daily Mail's xenophobia for a moment, the editor of the Mail might like to recognise that there is one little corner of a foreign field—Gibraltar, which could not be more British—that is on that...

Member
Roger Gale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1101
House
House of Commons

I am afraid the reality is that there is a limited amount of daylight. Children are already dealing with the fact that there is half-light. The measure will not make any difference to that. The only difference is that we will have to get up even earlier. We can debate...

Member
Eilidh Whiteford (Scottish National Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 December 2010
Reference
519 c1105
House
House of Commons