Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Rhagfyr 1973.
Does the hon. Gentleman accept that, on top of the value added tax and the financial burden of having to modernise grounds to comply with crowd safety regulations, a real financial problem faces many clubs, particularly since floodlighting is now banned and they have to play matches before smaller crowds? Are we sure, in relation to the saving of electricity involved, that it is really sensible to ban floodlighting?