HC Deb 06 February 1978 vol 943 c381W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what he estimates to be the cost per ton mile of moving colliery shale by rail between the Vale of Belvoir and the Bedfordshire brickfields;

(2) whether it is proposed to move colliery shale from projected developments in the Vale of Belvoir to the Bedfordshire brickfields by road or by rail or by an admixture of both;

(3) what he estimates to be the tonnage of colliery waste available for disposal during the first phase of developments in the Vale of Belvoir.

Mr. Eadie

I refer the hon. Member to Appendix J, Sections 2, 3, 6 and 7 of Part 2 of the report "Belvoir Prospect" by the consultants Leonard and Partners and Thyssen (G.B.), a copy of which is in the Library.