§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what are the problems associated with the development of processes to produce synthetic natural gas from coal in the United Kingdom; and what steps are being taken to prevent contamination of the catalysts involved in the processes by sulphur and the emission of undesirable gases into the environment.
§ Mr. EadieBritish Gas informs me that processes being developed by it for468W able only on an annual basis. The following are the latest available details:
the production of SNG from coal will not result in emission of any undesirable gases into the environment. I shall ask the Chairman of the Corporation to write to the hon. Member about the development of these processes.