HC Deb 28 February 1983 vol 38 cc28-9W
26. Mr. Beith

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will seek to ensure that his proposals to require strategic stockpiling of petrol by wholesalers do not lead to an increase in petrol prices in rural areas.

Mr. Gray

I do not expect that the extension of the obligation to hold stocks to firms supplying more than 50,000 tonnes a year of oil products will have a marked overall effect on petrol prices in either urban or rural areas.