§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Sproat) on 18 February 1980, Official Report, c. 23, for what reasons details of uranium supply contracts are considered to be commercially confidential and are thus not given in parliamentary answers.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI am advised by the CEGB, which is the United Kingdom party to the Rossing50W
£000s 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 British Gas Council 1292 455 1443 1506 Electricity supply industry 1503 1199 817 4067 The following amounts were accounted for on the Department of Energy's votes since 1973:
contract, that publication of details from its contracts would be likely to prejudice its negotiating position in discussions with other potential uranium suppliers.