HC Deb 30 January 1991 vol 184 cc505-6W
Mr. Oakes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what representations he has received, and from which bodies, for the extension of the large industrial consumer scheme of electricity prices beyond April;

(2) if he will extend the large industrial consumer scheme on electricity prices for a further two years from April.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

I have received a number of such representations. The price capping arrangements for large industrial consumers was established only as a one-year transitional measure: I do not propose seeking to extend it.