§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister of Power what, currently, is the approximate cost of providing 1,000 megawatts of electrical generation capacity.
§ Mr. FreesonApproximately £50 million for capacity nearing completition.
§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister of Power if he will set out the total capacity of the electricity supply industry in megawatts at mid-winter for each year since 1964–65 to the present time.
§ Mr. FreesonThe Central Electricity Generating Board's total generating capacity, in megawatts sent out, at 1st January fo reach year since 1964, was as follows:
1964 … 33,118 1965 … 33,411 1966 … 36,670 1967 … 38,493 1968 … 41,463 1969 … 44,343 (provisional figure)