§ Mr. David Howellasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he has made any studies of the role which private investment could play in coalmining development in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe most important question in the coal industry is a return to financial viability, but as I said in the House on 4 July—[Vol. 45. c. 4]—I have at present no plans for privatisation.