§ 84. Mr. S. O. Daviesasked the Minister of Power if he will state the comparative costs of producing one ton of coal and that of atomic energy of equal energy content.
§ Mr. FreesonIt is not meaningful to compare the cost of producing coal with that of generating electricity, whatever the source of generation. For comparative costs of producing electricity from coal and from nuclear power, I refer my hon. Friend to the answers given to my hon. Friend the Member for Ince (Mr. McGuire) and my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. Dickens) on 9th May.—[Vol. 746, c. 1263.]