1.   The minister most in need of re-education, according to some of his Whitehall colleagues, is Mr Cecil Parkinson, the energy secretary.

2.   The scheme has been approved by UK energy secretary, John Wakeham, who has indicated that it may eventually become incorporated into building regulations for new houses.

3.   And Bill Richardson, the energy secretary, is whacking away at them.

4.   And as they get more comfortable and see savings, support for deregulation will grow, the energy secretary predicted.

5.   And Spencer Abraham, the recently defeated senator from Michigan, who was chosen for energy secretary, has Lebanese roots.

6.   At this stage, others on the list of possible candidates for energy secretary appear to have a far greater chance of being appointed than Tien.

7.   Bill Richardson, the U.S. energy secretary, said he would send inspectors to Sellafield, and Askew said the U.S. team would arrive there soon.

8.   Bill Richardson, the energy secretary?

9.   Abraham, defeated in his bid for reelection to the Senate last year, would have a hand in many environmental policies as energy secretary.

10.   Bush could get needed political diversity by naming Sen. John Breaux, a Louisiana Democrat, as energy secretary.