§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) whether the National Economic Development Office report on the power plant ordering programme of the Central Electricity Generating Board was made available to the Central Policy Review Staff before it completed its report on the power plant industry;
(2) when he plans to publish the National Economic Development Office report of the power plant ordering programme of the Central Electricity Generating Board;
(3) what are the main conclusions of the National Economic Development Office report on the power plant ordering programme of the Central Electricity Generating Board.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldI understand from NEDO that its only completed report on the heavy electrical industry was widely circulated to relevant managements and trade unions. The recommendations were given in a reply to the hon. Member for Surrey, North-West (Mr. Grylls) on 18th November 1976—[Vol. 919, c.618–9].—The views of NEDO were made available to the CPRS during the course of their study.
§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) if he will list the organisations and individuals to whom he has made the Central Policy Review Staff report on the power plant industry available in draft;
(2) whether he proposes to publish the Central Policy Review Staff report on the power plant industry before or after the Government have reached a decision on it;
(3) whether he will now publish the Central Policy Review Staff report on the power plant industry.
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§ Mr. VarleyThere has been consultation, based on the draft report, with manufacturers, the CEGB and the South of Scotland Electricity Board, about commercial material supplied by them in confidence. The report, with minor deletions to remove sensitive material of this kind, will now be published on 16th December. Copies will be placed in the Library. I hope that interested parties will as soon as possible thereafter make their views known so that these can be taken into account when the Government take decisions.