§ 25. Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Energy what adjustment he proposes to make to the planned nuclear power programme, in the light of the reduction in forecasts in electricty demand.
§ Mr. Norman LamontNew nuclear capacity of the order that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced last December is expected to be required by the end of the century even on low demand projections. As he said in his statement of last December, the Government believe that there must be continuing nuclear power station orders if our long-term energy supplies are to be secured.