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Mr. Colvin
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is his Department's definition of a public utility; [7577](2) if his Department defines Railtrack plc as a public utility. [7703]
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson
There is no single, commonly accepted definition of a utility. The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines a public utility as
"an organisation supplying water, gas, etc to the community".