HC Deb 29 February 1996 vol 272 cc655-6W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 13 February to the hon. Member for Leeds, West (Mr. Battle),Official Report, column 539, if he will place in the Library the evidence on the economics of continuing to generate electricity from the Magnox stations. [17832]

Mr. Lang

The economic case for continued operation of the Magnox stations was considered in detail as part of the Government's coal review. The conclusions were set out in paragraphs 7.71 to 7.80 of the White Paper "The Prospects for Coal", Cm 2235.