§ Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the members of the Advisory Council of Energy Conservation how many working groups have been created; and how many times each working group met in 1977.
§ Dr. John A. CunninghamThe Council is in the process of reconstitution. Following are the members so far appointed:
Professor Sir William Hawthorne, CBE, FRS (Chairman)—Master, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Mr. J. M. Cooling—Director and Engineering and Commercial Manager, Balfour Kilpatrick Ltd.
Sir Goronwy Daniel, KCVO CB—ViceChancellor, University of Wales.
Dr. R. J. Eden—Reader in Theoretical Physics; Head Energy Research Group, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
Sir Derek Ezra, MBE—Chairman, National Coal Board.
Sir William Gray—Chairman, Scottish Development Agency.
Mr. R. H. Kay—Works Director, Alcan Booth Sheet Ltd., Newport.
236WThe available information is shown in the following table:
Miss Betty Lockwood—Chairman, Equal Opportunities Commission.
Dr. E. McEwen, CBE, FRSE—ViceChairman (Engineering), Joseph Lucas Ltd.
Miss R. McRobert—Director, Retail Trading Standards Association.
Mr. J. R. S. Morris—Group Technical Director, Courtaulds Ltd.
Mr. R. W. Orson—Member, Electricity Council.
Mr. H. E. Osborn, CBE—Special Adviser to Chairman National Freight Corporation.
Professor P. O'Sullivan—Professor of Architectural Science, University of Wales.
Dr. A. W. Pearce, CBE—Chairman, Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Mr. M. V. Posner—Reader in Economics, University of Cambridge; Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Dr. L. Rotherham, CBE, FRS—Late Vice-Chancellor, University of Bath.
Mr. E. C. Sayers—Chairman, Duport Ltd., Birmingham; Chairman, CBI Energy Committee.
Mr. B. C. Smith—Member for Marketing, British Gas Corporation.
Mr. L. V. D. Tindale, CBE—Deputy Cha man, Finance for Industry Ltd.
Professor Sir Frederick Warner, FRS Chairman, Cremer and Warner, Consultion Chemical Engineers.
237WA few further appointments will be made shortly.
Four working groups of the Council consider particular aspects of conservation and have so far held meetings this year as indicated:
- Conservation in industry and commerce—(4 meetings)
- Conservation in buildings—(6 meetings)
- Conservation in transport—(5 meetings)
- Education and publicity—(5 meetings)
A further working group considers general policy aspects as may be necessary. There have been no meetings so far in 1977. At the last meeting of this working group in December 1976, guidelines were laid down for the Council's
United Kingdom Federal Republic of Germany Annual output per employee (OMY) (tonnes) OMY as a percentage of 1970 figure Annual output per employee (OMY) (tonnes) OMY as a percentage of 1970 figure 1970 … … 533 100.0 652 100.0 1972 … … 454 85.2 677 103.8 1974 … … 449 84.2 705 108.1 1976 … … 505 94.7 690 105.8 Source: Annual Bulletin of Coal Statistics for Europe.
The above figures, which relate to hard coal only for United Kingdom and Germany, are not exactly comparable. In the case of United Kingdom, productivity is for the deepmined production only, whereas for Germany it is for the whole coal mining industry throughout the period. Deep-mined output in United Kingdom was 92 per cent. of the total in 1970 and 88.5 per cent. of the total in 1976.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will set out in tabular form, for each year
£ million Year ending March Write-off of debt (a) Subsidies to meet losses (b) Grants for stocking (c) Other(d) 1st January 1947–March 1965 — — — — 1966 415.0 — — — 1967 — — — 1.5 1968 — — — 7.6 1969 — — — 14.3 1970 — — — 11.0 1971 — — — 11.1 1972 — 100.0 — 10.3 1973 449.3 — — 15.4 1974 — 130.7 3.7 126.4 1975 — —. 1.2 127.0 1976 — — — 72.4 1977 — — 11.1 43.4 Total 861.6 230.7 16.0 440.4 The grants under (d) consist mainly of grants for social purposes such as pit closures, contribution towards miners pensions, pneumoconiosis compensation.
The figures do not include grants payable to industry as a whole, such as regional development grants.
238Wassessment of energy conservation policy in 1977.