HC Deb 23 October 1972 vol 843 c175W
51. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what support his Department gave to Berkley Petroleum of Canada for a second extension of the planning permission for their borehole in West Dorset; and whether he will provide more accurate geological information to oil firms he licenses.

Mr. Emery

None. The applicant made his own case to the planning authority. It would be quite wrong for me to give geological information which is not already publicly available.