§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Minister of Power what is his estimate of the price required per therm of coal delivered to the second power station at Drax to produce electricity at the same cost as from a new nuclear station.
§ Mr. MasonA broad indication of the cost at which new coal-fired power stations would be competitive with nuclear stations was given in paragraph 9 of Appendix III of the Fuel Policy White Paper (Cmnd. 3438).