§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for Energy what studies his Department has undertaken on the independent consultant's report, published by the Association on the Conservation of Energy, on the 155,000 employment potential that would result from an investment programme in cost-effective energy conservation.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe report has been considered carefully by my Department and I have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the then Minister of State, Department of Employment to the then hon. Member for Cannock (Mr. Roberts) on 8 March 1983.—[Vol. 74, c.367.]