§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, when he next meets the chairman of the South of Scotland Electricity Board, he will raise with him the scope for reducing the recent price increases in the light of the recent large fall in the price of crude oil; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Allan StewartNo. The board is responsible for setting tariffs and it is for it to consider how these should be adjusted to take account of movements in fuel or other costs of production.