§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will readjust the financial targets set for the British Gas Corporation to prevent the need to increase prices by 54 per cent. to the glass bulbs factory at Harworth.
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§ Mr. Norman LamontNo. The price of gas charged to individual industrial customers is a matter falling within the British Gas Corporation's day-to-day management responsibility.
§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether it is his policy to sell off any part of the gas industry.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI have no present plans to do so.