§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Secretary of State for Energy which power stations completed within the last five years have been equipped with foreign-made telecommunications equipment; and if he will issue a general direction to the Central Electricity Generating Board to install British-made telecommunications equipment.
§ Mr. EadieI have asked the Chairman of the CEGB to write to my hon. Friend on his first point. As regards the second, the board, in common with other nationalised industries, has regard to Government procurement policies, and I do not think this is a matter where a general direction of the kind proposed would be appropriate.