HC Deb 26 January 1977 vol 924 cc637-8W
Mrs. Millie Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what plans he has in the interests of public safety for the shelving of the Gas Board conversion plants which converted natural gas.

Dr. John A. Cunningham

None. A reversion from natural gas to manufactured gas would involve the reconversion of millions of consumers' appliances and I have no grounds for thinking that it would improve public safety. In any event many of the plants which produced manufactured gas have been demolished.