§ Mr. James Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his refusal of permission to the firm of Berry Wiggins for developing the Rough gas field off the mouth of the Humber, and his grant of permission to the Amoco Oil Company.
§ Mr. Tom BoardmanPart of the Rough gas field is in an area licensed to Gulf Oil (Great Britain) Limited; this company has recently applied for authority to assign its licence to a group of four companies led by Amoco (U.K.) Petroleum Limited and the British Gas Corporation which are the licensees for the remaining part of the field. The application is under consideration. No application has been submitted for assignment of the licence to Berry Wiggins and Co. Limited.