§ Mr. Brandon-BravoTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he is reviewing his policy on the fitting of flue gas desulphurisation to 12GW of coal-burning electricity generating capacity;
(2) if he will make it his policy to deal with coal-burning power station emission problems by means of combustion process controls as distinct from importing low-sulphur content coal:
(3) what effect he envisages on the make-up of British Coal, after the current three-year contract with the principal generators, if flue gas desulphurisation proceeds only at the 4GW Drax project.
§ Mr. Wakeham[pursuant to his reply, 1 March 1990, c. 274]: Subject to scrutiny of their detailed plans, I expect National Power and PowerGen to meet the SO2 emissions reductions required by the EC large combustion plants directive in 1998 by each undertaking 4GW of FGD retrofits and by adopting supplementary measures such as the burning of low-sulphur fuels.