HC Deb 18 January 1971 vol 809 c187W
Mr. Eadie

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will review the programme of power station conversion to oil as a result of the decision of British Petroleum and United States Gulf Oil Corporation to increase the price of Kuwait crude oil.

Sir J. Eden

No. The C.E.G.B.'s recent applications which make up the present programme were largely based on the shortage of coal and took account of the cost of alternative fuels.