§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make it his policy to use the Government's share holding in each of the generating companies to ensure that the environmental research programmes currently undertaken by these companies will be maintained at their present level over the next two years.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryNo. The Government do not intend to use their rights as an ordinary shareholder to intervene in the commercial decisions of National Power or PowerGen.