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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the principal products in the chemical industry which can be produced by the use of bulk electricity.
Mr. David Mitchell
I understand that the principal products produced electrochemically at present in the United Kingdom are chlorine, caustic soda, sodium, sodium hypochlorite, aluminium and copper; and that zinc and magnesium can also be produced in this way.