Close Watch On B.S.T.
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 6. The British Prime Minister (Mr Harold Wilson) hinted yesterday that the Government might be prepared to cut short the experiment with British standard time, due to end on October 31, 1971. B.S.T. is the equivalent of the old British summer time, but is retained all year round. It is an hour ahead of Greenwich mean time, which means that many children have to go to school in the dark.
The new time has been blamed for causing accidents in the early-morning darkness.
In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr Wilson said in reply to a question: “It has been the Government’s intention that a comprehensive review of the .effects of B.S.T. should be made in the spring of 1970, as the act contemplates.
“In the meantime, a close watch, is being kept on the matter, and an assessment will be made at the end of
this winter on the basis of the information then available—for instance, on road accidents.”
“The Times” says the reference to “an assessment” has been taken by many M.P.’s to mean that the Government will then decide whether to introduce a bill to repeal the act before it runs its allotted span.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31856, 7 December 1968, Page 13
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