46. Earl of Dalkeithasked the Minister of Power whether he will ensure that during the current period of financial stringency all increases in the price of gas, coke and smokeless fuels supplied to consumers in Scotland are referred to the National Board for Prices and Incomes, including those which have recently been put into operation.
§ Mr. MasonThe April 1968 increases in the Scottish Gas Board's gas prices were covered in N.B.P.I. Report No. 57; the Board's coke prices were not changed. Changes in the last six months in the N.C.B.'s coke and smokeless fuel prices were accepted by the Government as justified within the prices and incomes policy.