HC Deb 05 July 1972 vol 840 c150W
90. Mr. Wolrige-Gordon

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a statement about a new power station in North-East Scotland.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

As I stated in the answer I gave to the hon. Members for Aberdeen, North (Mr. Robert Hughes) and Midlothian (Mr. Eadie) on 21st June, there will be a need for additional generating capacity in the area of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electricity Board in 1978. This will be met by a new power station. It will be either nuclear or oil/gas fired.—[Vol. 839, c.93–4.]