§ Lord Granvilleof Eye asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether any provision was made in the privatisation of British Gas for the meters of old age pensioners with defective sight to be read by officials of British Gas rather than bills being based on successive estimates; and whether they will make representations to ensure this is done.
§ Viscount DavidsonThe regulations concerning the reading of gas meters have not been affected by the privatisation. I have asked the chairman of British Gas to write to the noble Lord on the question of British Gas's policy on this matter.