Proposals to end British Gas monopoly

Title

Proposals to end British Gas monopoly

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Aug 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

Tanya Hines reports on a possible break up of the monopoly of British Gas after a report by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. British Gas Chief Executive Cedric Brown on how this may impact the customers; Ian Powe from the Gas Consumers Council on bills going up; Donald McGregor GMB National Secretary says the proposals are disastrous as workers will be made redundant; John Dawkin from OFGAS and Simon Hughes Liberal Democrat MP welcome the proposals.

Contributors

Simon Hughes; Cedric Brown; Tanya Hines; Ian Powe; Donald McGregor; John Dawkin

Keywords

Trade unions; Reports; Economic competition; Bills; Costs; Gas fuels; Gas industry; British Gas; GMB; Redundancies; Ofgas

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