P141 CEEFAX 141  Thy 23 Feb  1=:19/31
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  -/.%/.%/,      COMMONS    
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 BLAIR, MAJOR CL—SH ON G—S PROFITS   
 The Prime Minister and the Labouz   
 leader have clashed over British    
 Gas profits of £1.2bn.              
                                     
 Tony Blair said that until the      
 pzblic utilities were properly      
 regulated they would remain "the    
 unacceptable face of privatisation" 
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 But Mr Major said the companies     
 were now yielding money for the     
 public purse instead of draining it 
                                     
 Mr Major said prices had fallen     
 since the British Gas sell-off p    
 but Mr Blair insisted that thry had 
 risen in real terms. See 117/11     
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