HL Deb 15 May 1996 vol 572 c59WA
Lord Dean of Beswick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have plans to restructure the current regulating regime of the gas and electricity markets into a combined energy regulator to govern both industries; and if so what those plans are.

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

The Government have no plans to introduce a regulator responsible for both the gas and electricity market, though they recognise that in the medium and longer term there may be a stronger case for such a regulator.