§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Energy what collaboration, if any, exists between his Department and the National Coal Board in accelerating research into fluidised combustion of coal in power station boilers.
§ Mr. EadieThe Department of Energy and the National Coal Board are collaborating closely in the formulation of a proposal for a major research project under the auspices of the International Energy Agency. The proposal is for a large test facility to be built in the United Kingdom for the purpose of providing knowledge needed to exploit the fluidised bed combustion technique for a range of power generation purposes.