§ Sir Geoffrey FinsbergTo ask the Prime Minister if she will instruct the relevant Ministers to use their powers to direct British Coal and the South of Scotland Electricity Board not to use public funds to fight a case in the courts and instead to impose a single arbitrator on them whose decision shall be final.
§ The Prime MinisterContractual negotiations between electricity generating boards and their fuel suppliers are a matter for their commercial judgment. It would not be appropriate for Government Ministers to intervene.