§ 8 Mr. JenkinTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the movement in energy prices for(a) industry and (b) the domestic consumer since the privatisation of the electricity industry. [28363]
§ Mr. PageBetween electricity privatisation in 1990 and the last quarter of 1995 electricity prices, in real terms, fell by 10.5 per cent. for industrial consumers and by 7.5 per cent., excluding VAT, for domestic consumers.