Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Energy – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 23 Mehefin 1980.
Does the Minister concede that there is a national interest in ensuring, first, that British citizens get their gas at a reasonable price and, secondly, that the gas supply is continued into the next century? Does he accept that that means that there is a major conservation interest? If the Minister refuses to give a national 51 per cent. equity stake in the company, how does he intend to safeguard the national interest?