HC Deb 15 January 1993 vol 216 c849W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what studies his Department, or predecessor departments, has undertaken into the electromagnetic effects of high-voltage electricity cables.

Mr. Eggar

The Department and its predecessors have not themselves carried out such studies. However, the Department keeps in close touch with the work being done nationally and internationally on this subject. In the United Kingdom the National Grid Company, formerly the CEGB, is currently funding such work which is carried out by independent research bodies.