§ Mr. Lyellasked the Secretary of State for Trade when the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on domestic gas appliances is to be published.
§ Mrs. Sally Oppenheim[pursuant to her reply, 14 July 1980, c. 395]: The report is published today. The commission has found that the gas appliance retailing monopolies of the British Gas Corporation (BGC) and certain monopolies in 593W the gas appliance manufacturing industry operate against the public interest.