§ Mr. Ray PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in theOfficial Report the estimated volume and value of coal to be extracted from the proposed reclamation scheme in the upper Garw valley.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerThe Welsh Development Agency and Mid Glamorgan county council are jointly responsible for the proposed reclamation scheme in the upper Garw valley. However, I understand that the British Coal Corporation retained mineral rights to the coal and that the landscaping proposals involve about 3 million cu m of colliery tips containing about 0.5 million tonnes of recoverable coal. The value of the coal is a matter for commercial negotiation and will reflect future market conditions.