Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Home Robertson (Labour), on Wednesday, 18 December 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 28 members in total.

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SCOTLAND-NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY INTERCONNECTOR

That this House recognises the need to improve the security of the electricity supply system in Northern Ireland and to give industrial and domestic consumers in Northern Ireland access to more competitively priced electricity in accordance with EU objectives; notes that Cockenzie Power Station and other Scottish generators have ample capacity to produce power for Northern Ireland at very competitive rates; welcomes the conclusion of public inquiries in Scotland and Northern Ireland that consent should be granted for an electricity interconnector; deplores the eleventh hour proposal of the Secretary of State for Scotland to require four sections of the line in Ayrshire to be put underground at a prohibitive cost of ??28 million; and calls on the Government to withdraw this unprecedented, unwarranted and unreasonable condition so that the interconnector can be constructed for the benefit of both Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

370 

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Northern Ireland Scotland

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk