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Gas Monopoly (Exemption)

Volume 982: debated on Thursday 3 April 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he would be prepared to seek to exempt from the gas monopoly the supply by pipe of medium British thermal unit coal gas (300–400 BTUs) by manufacturers to industry within selected areas of the United Kingdom.

It is not clear that legislation on this subject would serve any useful purpose at present.