§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessments he has made of the social, economic and environmental costs and potential benefits of a plan for coal-fired electricity generation based on fluidised bed combustion and flue gas desulphurisation.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 16 December 1992]: My Department is aware of a number of assessments of the economic and environmental advantages of fluidised bed combustion systems for electricity generation as an alternative to conventional pulverised coal fired plant that may require flue gas desulphurisation. The Government are committed to achieving the emission reductions required by the EC large combustion plant directive.