HC Deb 20 July 1979 vol 970 c857W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy under what statutory authority the owner of gas who has been given permission to flare it off under section 12 of the Energy Act 1976 cannot dispose of the gas to a third party instead of flaring it.

Mr. Norman Lamont

There is no such statutory authority. The Government's aim is always to encourage use rather than flaring.

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