§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will take steps to ensure that currently defunct electricity power stations purchased by entrepreneurs for new power generation will be made through planning controls to fit sulphurisation control equipment; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ParkinsonIt is already Government policy that all new power stations and all power stations coming on stream after a period of a year without generating will have to fit emission control equipment. Her Majesty's pollution inspectorate already has the necessary powers to ensure that this is done.