§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Minister of Power if he will take steps to ensure that in grey areas, such as South Yorkshire, industrial tariffs for the use of electricity based on indigenous fuels, namely coal in East Yorkshire, and natural gas from the North Sea, are realistically low and do not carry transmission charges to other parts of the country.
§ Mr. FreesonThe Government has made clear the importance it attaches to electricity prices to industry being kept as low as is consistent with the relevant costs. The costs of transmission are recovered by the Central Electricity Generating Board from the Area Electricity Boards through its bulk supply tariff which has been referred for examination by the National Board for Prices and Incomes.