Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to introduce legislation which would place a duty on the regulators of(a) the gas industry and (b) the electricity industry to have regard to the environmental impacts of the companies they regulate.
§ Mr. EggarSection 3 of the Electricity Act 1989 places on the Director General of Electricity Supply a duty to take into account, in exercising his functions assigned or transferred to him under the Act, the effect on the physical environment of activities connected with the generation, transmission or supply of electricity. It is proposed to include a broadly equivalent provision in the forthcoming Gas Bill.