§ Mr. RoyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will announce his decision on ICI Chemicals and Polymers Ltd.'s proposal to build a combined heat and power station at Runcorn, Cheshire. [124315]
§ Mrs. LiddellI have today given clearance under Section 14 of the Energy Act 1976 to ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd. to build a 250 MW gas-fired combined heat and power station at the ICI Chlor-Chemicals works, Runcorn, Cheshire. The decision has been taken in accordance with the policy set out in the White Paper entitled "Conclusions of the Review of Energy Sources for Power Generation and Government response to fourth and fifth Reports of the Trade and Industry Committee" (Cm 4071).
The decision to give clearance to the proposal on energy policy grounds is without prejudice to any decision that may be taken on whether or not consent is granted under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
603WCopies of the Press Notice and the clearance letter are being placed in the Library of the House.