§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Rother Valley on 21 January, Official Report, c. 266, if he will now estimate the total coal consumption in the United Kingdom in 1981 and the proportion of this that will be provided by imports.
§ Mr. John MooreAt present I have no plans for publishing forecasts of total 1981 coal consumtion in the United Kingdom nor the proportion of that total that will be provided by imports. The level of United Kindom coal consumption and the proportion taken by imports will depend on a number of factors, including the market conditions prevailing during the year.