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Wednesday, March 29, 1972

Mr. Haddon-Cave said: "Apart from certain technical difficulties

relating to the passing on of relief to consumers, I did not feel justified

in extending this measure of reform to them in view of the cost involved

(approximately $37 million); and the difference in cost between cooking by

electricity and even town gas, on the one hand, and by kerosene and liquefied

petroleum gas on the other is already such that the competitive position

of the electricity and gas companies will not be worsened."

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