§ Mr. Spellerasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to make available grants for converting boilers from oil fuel to incinerated refuse fuel in the same way that grant is paid on conversion from oil to coal-fired boilers.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI have no plans to do so. One of the several purposes behind the coal firing scheme is to 749W help reduce the high levels of coal stocks, thus saving public expenditure. Conversions to burning a mixture of coal and other material can however be considered under that scheme, although it is unlikely that a project involving less than a 75 per cent. total burn of coal (on a thermal basis) would be acceptable.