§ Mr. Banksasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will set out (a) the domestic tariff rates and (b) the industrial tariff rates in each of the member countries of the EEC for gas, electricity and fuel oils.
§ Mr. Norman LamontBecause of the multiplicity of fuel marketing companies 461W in European countries—and, at least in the case of the United Kingdom, the area boards of the gas and electricity industries—and the complexity of their individual tariff structures, often dependent on load factors, primary fuel escalation clauses and so on, the data requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The latest available data on fuel prices in EEC countries are those published in the Official Report on 10 July 1980—[Vol. 988, c. 302–304]—and 31 July 1980—[Vol. 989, c. 802–804.]