§ 6. Mr. Bill O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the current progress of clean coal technology for generating electricity. [90012]
§ Mr. BattleOn 22 April, I announced the launch of Energy Paper 67 on Cleaner Coal Technologies. At the time, I stated that my Department was allocating £12 million over the next three years towards a new research and development programme on cleaner coal technology, expecting that this money will generate some £60 million of collaborative industry and university projects over the period.