§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what would be the cost of a subsidy designed to encourage the purchase by industry of coal-burning boilers and equipment both to further the switch from oil to coal and to add one million tonnes of industrial coal consumption.
§ Mr. John MooreThe cost of any scheme to facilitate the purchase by industry of coal-fired equipment would be dependent on a number of factors including capital cost reductions and payback periods which might be economically attractive to industry. The Government are continuing to keep under review the need for further encouragement for the substitution of oil by coal.