HC Deb 26 May 1988 vol 134 c230W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many representations he has received from manufacturing industries in the last 12 months regarding(a) electricity price increases, and (b) gas prices; what industrial categories such representations have been received from; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Parkinson

I have received a large number of representations about industrial electricity prices, covering most sectors of manufacturing industry: such prices are primarily a matter for the electricity supply industry to decide within the financial framework agreed with Government. Industrial gas prices are a matter for British Gas plc and the Office of Fair Trading.

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