Adam Burroughs, who owns Fusion, said it was the first time they had been forced to close at 01:00 at the start of British Summer Time.

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It would see British Summer Time (BST) maintained during the winter months and "double summertime" applied during summer months, putting the UK one hour ahead of GMT during winter and two hours ahead during summer.

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He said the "lighter later" campaign - which recommends British Summer Time in the winter and British Summer Time plus an hour in the summer - was supported by a range of organisations including Age Concern.

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Peers also asked questions to government ministers on changing the clocks between British Summer Time and Greenwich Mean Time, recommendations of an Ofsted report on lessons to be learnt from serious case reviews, and the occupation of Abyei by Northern Sudanese forces.

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