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oven does not heat up properly. Is the thermostat broken ?

I have a Lesuire Finnese gas cooker and when I turn the oven on, it stays at the pilot stage and does not increase the gas flow to heat the oven.
Is there a thermostat device that controls this that could be broken, but repaired ?
Steve Rose, October 2009