HC Deb 08 December 1952 vol 509 c11W
89. Mr. Snow

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps he is taking to see that the West Midlands Gas Board is supplied with cast iron pipes so that the Board can carry out its responsibility of maintaining a reasonable pressure to outlying districts from the Walsall gas works.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

Cast iron pipes of the size required to increase the pressure of gas supplies are not subject to control, and it is for the West Midlands Board to determine in what parts of its area such supplies as it can obtain may best be used.

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