§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a ministerial broadcast urging retirement pensioners not to switch off their heating during the coming winter; and if he will advise the gas and electricity boards to issue a joint statement in leaflet form assuring retirement pensioners that their heating source will not be disconnected merely for lack of means to pay their current bills.
§ Mr. BennI would draw my hon. Friend's attention to the reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East (Mr. Thomas) on 2nd August —[Vol. 916, c. 504–41.]