HC Deb 17 March 1989 vol 149 cc391-2W
Mr. Heddle

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will discuss with the Central Electricity Generating Board when Lea Hall power station at Rugeley, Staffordshire, will be retrofitted with flue gas desulphurisation equipment.

Mr. Michael Spicer

It is for the Central Electricity Generating Board and its successors to determine the order in which large coal-fired power stations should be retrofitted with flue gas desulphurisation equipment in order to meet their share of the United Kingdom's commitment to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions. The board recently announced the award of a contract to retrofit flue gas desulphurisation equipment to the Drax coal-fired power station.