HC Deb 26 July 1982 vol 28 cc371-2W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) at how many meetings of the European Communities' Council of Energy Ministers in 1982 he has represented the United Kingdom;

(2) how many meetings of the European Communities' Council of Energy Ministers there have been in the current year; and at how many of these meetings the United Kingdom has been represented by a civil servant.

Mr. Mellor

There have been two meetings this year of the European Communities' Council of Energy Ministers—on 16 March, when the United Kingdom was represented by my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, Central (Mr. Moore), the Under-Secretary of State for Energy, and on 13 July, when the United Kingdom was represented by the permanent under-secretary at the Department of Energy, Sir Donald Maitland.