Mr. NicholsonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the recent trend in the amount for electricity imported and exported via the channel interconnector, and on the prospects of the remainder of 1993.
§ Mr. EggarNet 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.
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Received 259 298 593 607 568 675 1,081 814 Approved 218 256 405 457 396 377 558 337 Refused 10 17 61 51 71 44 143 109 Cancelled/withdrawn 31 25 127 99 101 1254 2270 2133 No licence required — — — — — — 70 53 Outstanding at year end — — — — — — 40 182 Note:
The basis on which the figures were collected changes after 1990. Up to 1990 the figures show the final outcome for all licences received in each year. For 1991 and 1992, the figures show the position at the end of the year for all licences received that year. So: the figure marked 1 includes pending cases at end 1990, and 2 includes cases still pending at the end of the previous year.
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 11990 Received 367 295 315 401 410 241 Approved 323 272 272 327 345 118 Refused 11 6 16 25 19 28 Cancelled/withdrawn 33 17 27 49 46 95 1 Until August. Since August 1990 UN sanctions have been enforced against Iraq. Licences are granted only for humanitarian
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