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Summertime: Mental Health

Asked by Marie GoldmanLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 22 October 2024UIN 9247

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to make an assessment of the impact of daylight saving time on (a) mental health and (b) seasonal affective disorder.

Answered by Justin Madders

The Government has no current plans to change the approach to Daylight Savings.

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