§ 61. Mr. Eadieasked the Minister of Technology if he will list, from figures available to him from international sources, the financial assistance provided for the energy sector in the United Kingdom and other major industrial countries.
Mr. Alan WilliamsEnergy industries in major industrial countries are subject 21W to a wide range of differing measures of financial and other assistance, and direct comparisons are, therefore, apt to be misleading. I will, however, write to my hon. Friend when I have assembled the available information.