I cannot say that I have specifically addressed that issue but, to be fair to the Government, two winters ago, they introduced a regulation to amend drivers’ hours, to enable tanker drivers to deliver during the worst of the winter. In spite of that, in my constituency it was impossible for tankers to get up many of the roads because they were blocked with snow. I had constituents who had no gas over that Christmas. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that some suppliers place a meter in the tank, and unless the remote reading shows that the gas is at a certain level they will not deliver because they do not consider it an emergency.
Off-gas Grid Households
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Weir
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 April 2013.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Off-gas Grid Households.
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