HC Deb 26 October 1992 vol 212 cc466-7W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if plans by the National Grid Company and the Irish Electricity Supply Board to develop an interconnector link between Ynys Môn and north Dublin are subject to European environmental impact directives.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Proposals for the transmission of electrical energy, other than by overhead cable, are not subject to directive 85/337/EEC which covers the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.

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