§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total number of tonnes of coal used to produce electricity in 1991; what tonnage was imported; and what tonnage was British.
§ Mr. EggarThe total amount of coal used to produce electricity in 1991 by the major generators was 82 million tonnes of which 7.3 million tonnes was imported. Other smaller, industrial generators used 2 million tonnes of coal to produce electricity in the same period, but data are not available to show how much of this was imported.
§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the coal equivalent tonnage of natural gas used in 1991 to produce electricity.
§ Mr. EggarThe amount of natural gas used by all generating companies in 1991 to produce electricity was 1.9 million tonnes of coal equivalent.