§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will invite the European Commission, apart from examining the evidence of fuel subsidies in the European Economic Community, to compare the relative costs of the production of electricity in France and the United Kingdom, and determine the urgency or otherwise of a large nuclear programme.
§ Mr. Norman LamontAt the Energy Council in May 1980 the Community agreed guidelines for investment in energy supplies, including nuclear power. The Commission has recently reviewed progress towards these guidelines. On the basis of that review the Energy Council on 3 March invited the Commission to examine the need to go further than the investment levels currently fixed and, if necessary, to propose measures to attain the guideline objectives.