§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to require the private generating companies, British Gas and British Coal to make public all information relevant to the promised full inquiry into the coal and energy industries, which is at present covered by conditions of commercial confidentiality.
§ Mr. EggarNo. In my right hon. Friend's parliamen-tary answer on 26 October,Official Report, columns 522–23, he explained that all evidence submitted to the Government's review will be published unless it is commercially confidential.