HC Deb 12 November 1990 vol 180 c75W
Mr. Evennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will make a statement on public sector fuel choice.

Mr. Baldry

The Government believe that decisions on fuel choice should be based on commercial criteria, and that no individual fuel should be give preference over others in the appraisal of future public sector projects. The terms of the statement made to the House on 12 April 1965,Official Report, columns 959–60, by the then Minister for Power, which favoured the choice of solid fuel in public buildings, will therefore no longer apply.