HC Deb 31 October 1983 vol 47 c257W
Dr. Mawhinney

asked the Secretary of State for Energy when he expects to establish the energy efficiency office.

Mr. Peter Walker

I have today announced that a new energy efficiency office (EEO) has been set up within my Department as the focus for the Government's energy conservation policies.

The new office has been set up to spearhead a coordinated drive for energy efficiency throughout the economy. It will secure a sharper focus for the Government's work on energy efficiency and will monitor, co-ordinate and develop policies and administer its own programmes of assistance, information and advice.

The setting up of the EEO reflects our commitment to policies which will encourage increased efficiency in energy use, give consumers better value for money; and increase industrial and commercial competitiveness.

The reward for success could be a saving of £7 billion a year on the nation's energy bill in the 1990s.