HC Deb 09 November 1989 vol 159 c766W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the basis of his Department's assumption that the price of coal at delivered pence per therm will remain stable between now and 1999.

Mr. Wakeham

Relatively little weight can be attached to assumptions about coal prices as far ahead as 1999. The delivered price of coal will depend on commercial negotiations between coal suppliers and their customers.