HC Deb 25 July 1977 vol 936 cc27-8W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what royalties have been paid by the SSEB to the AEA for use of designs for the Hunterston B power station using AGR technology in response to the agreement listed in paragraph 8 of Appendix 3 of the Select Committee Report on Science and Technology, Session 1966–67; and what revision of the level of royalties per unit produced has taken place before or since the review date of 1974.

Mr. Gregor MacKenzie

None. The agreement provided for the payment of royalties on AGR stations commissioned before 1st January 1975; the first unit at Hunterston B was not commissioned until February 1976.