§ 50. Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many fossil fuel power stations the Government expect to have been retrofitted to reduce sulphur emissions by the year 1992.
§ Mr. TrippierThe United Kingdom is committed to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from existing large plants by 20 per cent. by 1993, 40 per cent. by 1998 and 60 per cent. by 2003. Meeting this commitment will involve a range of measures by United Kingdom industry, including 717W retrofitting at least 12,000 MW of electricity generating capacity with flue gas desulphurisation equipment. The Central Electricity Generating Board has already begun to retrofit Drax power station, which contributes one-eighth of CEBG output, but the retrofit will not be completed until after 1992.