§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his oral statement of 31 October 2000,Official Report, columns 607-25, on severe weather disruption, when he will write to the hon. Member for the Vale of York on the impact of overhead transmission lines on global warming; and if he will make a statement. [137366]
§ Mr. PrescottThere is no significant connection between global warming and electricity power lines. Some very minor effects on atmospheric particles have however been noted and I am writing to the hon. Member with further information.