HC Deb 02 March 1972 vol 832 c174W
Mr. Grimond

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to assist small firms whose financial position was damaged by the power cuts subsequent upon the coal strike.

Mr. Ridley

As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said on television on Sunday evening we are all losers from this unhappy event, it would be neither possible nor appropriate to single out any particular sector of the industrial and commercial community for special help.