§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in the course of his departmental working parties with the National Coal Board regarding the new planning application for a coal mine at Asfordby, Leicestershire, it has been established what would be the additional cost per ton of remote disposal of spoil by train to clay pits in Bedfordshire; and, if so, with what financial outcome.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, Wednesday 23 June 1982, c. 138]: The working patties to which my hon. Friend refers are concerned with the North-East Leicestershire coalfield as a whole and not with the specific details of the Asfordby planning application. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, will be replying shortly to my hon. Friend's recent letter and will explain the degree of inter-relationship.