§ Mr. Shoreasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his estimate of the amount of electricity that will be saved by the new restriction on television programmes; and what percentage this represents of normal electricity consumption at the relevant time.
§ Mr. EmeryI estimate that the saving of electricity arising from the switching off of television sets at 10.30 p.m. amounts to 1 million units a day, which is equivalent to 2 per cent. of the normal usage during the last 1½ hours of the day. In the present critical situation it is important that every possible saving of electricity should be found and I urge everyone to exercise the utmost economy in its use.