§ Mr. Dodsworthasked the Secretary of State for Energy why he has not yet published the exceptional circumstances which justify his intervention, under the Counter-Inflation Act 1973, to increase gas prices outside the provisions of the Price Code; and when he intends to do so.
§ Mr. BennThe ministerial consent will appear in theGazette tomorrow and the majority of national newspapers shortly afterwards. As to the justification for my intervention, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Moonman) on 28th March.