HC Deb 06 December 1977 vol 940 cc677-8W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will request the Energy Commission to make

Mr. Horam

I regret that the information is not available in the precise form requested, but the following information is available.

estimates of the costs of exploiting energy sources along the lines of those recently made for the advanced gas-cooled reactor programme by Professor P. H. Henderson of University College, London.

Dr. John Cunningham

The Energy Commission, which has been established with the primary task of advising on the development of a strategy for the energy sector, would not be an appropriate body to conduct a detailed study of the kind undertaken by Professor Henderson.