Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Energy – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 February 1980.
My hon. Friend is right. Over the past five years, much the lowest price increase of all fuels has been for gas. It has been much lower than for almost all other fuels, and certainly lower than retail prices generally. It is correct that, for the coming year and the years thereafter, a large part of the profits of