The time debate …
Well, thousands of you wrote to Sir George Young over the past few days to express your anger at the way the Daylight Saving Bill was scuppered on Friday and to ask him for extra time to finish the debate in a way fitting for democracy.
It was a long shot and we certainly made ourselves heard!
Sir George spoke in the Commons this morning and announced the business for the next two weeks – ie what wil be debated in the House each day. Unfortunately, he has not allocated any further time to the bill. In the questions that followed, six MPs pushed him on the issue but, while he praised Rebecca Harris MP and the bill, he said he could see no way, even with extra time, that the bill could make it through the House of Lords and back to the commons within the sitting of this parliament.
Ben Bradshaw MP has branded his response “disappointing and unconvincing”.
We’re taking advice on next steps now and will post when we have planned our next steps.