HC Deb 13 December 1982 vol 34 c25W
28. Mr. Wellbeloved

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what response he has had to his proposals to relieve pensioners and other low volume users of standing charges for the supply of energy for domestic puposes.

Mr. Mellor

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Faversham (Mr. Moate).

Mr. Warren

asked the Secretary of State for Energy pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hastings on 7 December, Official Report, c. 458–59, relating to gas and electricity standing charges, if he will publish in the Official Report, the more recent estimates of the increased unit charges for electricity and gas referred to in that answer and the calculations on which they were based.

Mr. Mellor

I am asking the chairmen of the British Gas Corporation and the Electricity Council to write to my hon. Friend.