§ Mrs. GilroyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the new electricity trading arrangements. [122510]
§ Mr. ByersImplementation of the new electricity trading arrangements is planned to take place this autumn in the period following the change from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time on 29 October. The project remains on target. A contract with Logica for the central computer systems has now been agreed which specifies 21 November 2000 for the new market to be implemented.