§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is his Department's estimated demand for gas in the United Kingdom for the calendar years 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000; what is his Department's estimate of the supply available to meet this demand in each of the stated years; and what assumptions were made in providing these estimates.
§ Mr. Norman LamontMy Department's estimates of the demand for and supply of gas in the United Kingdom up to the end of the century, and the assumptions underlying them, have been published in "Energy Projections 1979". A copy of this paper is available in the Library.