§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will state the trend of liquid petroleum gas prices in the Community and the extent to which the market price has moved in the past 12 months.
§ Mr. StrangSome information on prices of liquified petroleum gases in countries of the European Economic Community may be found in the Energy Statistics Yearbook issued by the Statistical Officer of the European Communities. The latest publication—1972—contains data up to 1st January 1972 and relates to prices to household consumers. I regret that I have no later information for other member countries.
320WFor the United Kingdom, typical list prices of butane for domestic consumers are given below:
Date £/32 lb. refill £/Gigacalorie 1st January 1972 1.75 10.17 1st January 1973 1.85 10.69 1st January 1974 2.20 12.78 1st July 1974 2.50 14.52