HC Deb 19 July 1993 vol 229 c13W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the recent trend in the amount of electricity imported and exported via the channel interconnector, and on the prospects for the remainder of 1993.

Mr. Eggar

Net imports across the interconnector in the three months from February to April 1993 were 4.29 TWh. The future pattern of trade will depend on the operation of commercial contracts, including a contract for the export from the United Kingdom of increasing quantities of electricity at periods of peak demand in France during the winter.