HC Deb 30 January 1989 vol 146 cc89-90W
Mr. Warren

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has reviewed the continuation of Central Electricity Generating Board research as a requirement of the privatisation programme; arid if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Spicer

My Advisory Council on Research and Development will be considering the CEGB's plans for research in the run up to privatisation and conveying its views to me.

After privatisation, the nature and level of the successor companies' research programmes will be matters for them to decide.