The Earl of Courtownasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the conclusions of the public inquiry into the Electricity Interconnector from Scotland to England and Wales were made known to Ministers, and when they intend to announce their decision thereon. [HL951]
§ Lord Clinton-DavisThere is no outstanding public inquiry on the Anglo-Scottish interconnector. The only overhead line public inquiry reports that my department is currently considering are the 1992 and 1995 public inquiries into reinforcement of the English transmission system in Cleveland and North Yorkshire and a 1997 public inquiry into an overhead line at Mardy, Abergavenny. The Government will reach their decision on all these reports as soon as they properly and practically can.