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Mr. Boswell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the member states of the European Community which broadly operate on the same time zone as the United Kingdom and those one and two hours in advance, respectively, together with their total respective populations and the total population living in advanced time zones in Europe west of the Greenwich meridian.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
The information requested is as follows:
| Population (million) | |
| Same Time Zone as United Kingdom | |
| Republic of Ireland | 3·5 |
| United Kingdom | 56·1 |
| One hour in advance of United Kingdom | |
| Belgium | 9·9 |
| Denmark | 5·1 |
| France | 54·6 |
| Germany | 61·0 |
| Italy | 57·1 |
| Luxembourg | 0·4 |
| Netherlands | 14·5 |
| Portugal | 10·2 |
| Spain | 38·6 |
| 251·3 | |
| Two hours in advance of United Kingdom | |
| Greece | 9·9 |