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Scotland-Northern Ireland Electricity Interconnector

EDM number 370 in 1996-97, proposed by John Home Robertson on 18/12/1996.

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 ú28 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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Home Robertson18/12/1996East LothianProposed
Alex Salmond18/12/1996Banff & BuchanSigned
Martin Smyth18/12/1996Belfast SouthSigned
Rachel Squire18/12/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
John Maxton18/12/1996Glasgow, CathcartSigned
John McAllion18/12/1996Dundee EastSigned
Eric Clarke18/12/1996MidlothianSigned
Clifford Forsythe18/12/1996South AntrimSigned
Irene Adams18/12/1996Paisley NorthSigned
Roy Beggs18/12/1996East AntrimSigned
Kate Hoey13/01/1997VauxhallSigned
John D Taylor14/01/1997StrangfordSigned
Dennis Turner14/01/1997Wolverhampton South EastSigned
John Cummings14/01/1997EasingtonSigned
Alan Meale14/01/1997MansfieldSigned
Peter Hardy14/01/1997WentworthSigned
Brian Jenkins15/01/1997Staffordshire South EastSigned
Mike Hall15/01/1997Warrington SouthSigned
Norman Godman16/01/1997Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
David Trimble16/01/1997Upper BannSigned
Terry Rooney21/01/1997Bradford NorthSigned
Michael Connarty21/01/1997Falkirk EastSigned
Jimmy Hood22/01/1997ClydesdaleSigned
Robert Hughes22/01/1997Aberdeen NorthSigned
Ken Maginnis22/01/1997Fermanagh & South TyroneSigned
James Molyneaux22/01/1997Lagan ValleySigned
Michael Clapham23/01/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Martyn Jones30/01/1997Clwyd South WestSigned

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