§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their response to the recent decision of Somerset County Council to refuse planning permission for further nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point.
§ Viscount DavidsonThe CEGB submitted an application to the Secretary of State for Energy for his consent to construct a pressurised water reactor at Hinkley Point 'C' on 28th August 1987.
The relevant local planning authorities have submitted objections to this application and the Secretary of State will therefore be calling a public inquiry into the application. The Secretary of State will announce, in due course, details of the inquiry. and will issue, in advance of it, a statement of' the matters which seem to him relevant to his consideration of the application.