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Mr. Gordon Wilson
asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the current estimate of the medium-term trend of annual growth of electricity demand in England and Wales.
Mr. John Moore
The Electricity Council currently estimates average growth in electricity requirements from the Central Electricity Generating Board over the period from now until the middle 1980s at about 2 per cent. per annum.