Heating: Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Gordon Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions he has had with suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas for domestic heating on the fairness to consumers of their pricing policies.

Malcolm Wicks
[holding answer 14 January 2008]: There have been no recent discussions between my Department and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers. However, I am aware that the Competition Commission are currently consulting upon measures they plan to take following their 2006 report into the LPG market.