HC Deb 18 January 2001 vol 361 c312W
25. Mr. Grogan

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact on manufacturing industry of the recent rise in the price of gas. [144553]

Mrs. Liddell

The Government are keenly aware of the significance of gas prices for industry and are working to establish a fully liberalised and competitive European gas market.