Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 October 1969.
Mr Eric Lubbock
, Orpington
12:00,
20 October 1969
Concerning the delivered stocks to power stations constituting seven weeks' supply, will the Minister give an assurance that this supply is uniform throughout the country and that there are not likely to be local shortages?
Further, will he represent publicly to those concerned that the strike is likely to encourage the electricity supply industry to speed up the conversion from coal to oil in its power stations?
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