Putting the clocks back
Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir, MP for the Social Democratic Alliance ('Samfylkingin'). Photo: Ómar Óskarsson
“The matter was formally put on the Committee’s agenda this morning and submitted for official comments. But of course everybody is welcome to send in any comments they may have,” explains Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir, Chair of the Icelandic Parliament’s Welfare Committee. The matter in question is a parliamentary resolution proposing the clocks in Iceland be put back by one hour.
The proposal comes from a group of 11 MPs, from all political parties represented in parliament (known in Icelandic as ‘Alþingi’). The text asks the government to put the clocks in Iceland back by one hour. “A suitable time will be chosen for the change, within one year from this resolution being passed. The change will first be appropriately presented and explained to people and the necessary preparations made,” reads the proposal.
According to Ingadóttir, the committee is fully committed to steering this through. The only impediment would be the emergence of some other important matter which would need to be dealt with as a priority.
The full text of the proposal (in Icelandic) can be found here.
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