HC Deb 19 December 1974 vol 883 cc570-1W
Mr. Mike Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will introduce a system of gas and electricity allocation limits for large domestic and all industrial consumers whereby a penal tariff may be charged to consumers whose 1975 consumption exceeds 90 per cent, of their 1974 consumption without good cause; and if his Department will make a study of this method of energy conservation.

Mr. Varley

I have no proposals for introducing such a system, which would be open to many serious objections.

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