HC Deb 21 November 1991 vol 199 c260W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what information he has on the amount of limestone which will be required for the flue gas desulphurisation programme at Ratcliffe power station.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

In the environmental statement which accompanied PowerGen plc's application for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 the company stated that the flue gas desulphurisation plant at Ratcliffe would use some 306,000 tonnes of limestone annually.