§ 17. Mr. Grayasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he is satisfied with the present and future provision of maintenance support and fire-fighting vessels within the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonI announced to the House on 28th July 1977 that all operators' contingency plans have been called in and reviewed. I attended on 10th January in Aberdeen a meeting of UKOOA and offshore operators and developers, when the current availability, capability, response times and planned provision of on-platform fire-fighting equipment, fire-fighting vessels and other emergency vessels and equipment were outlined to me. Operators' individual and joint arrangements will be kept under review, but I am content that satisfactory provisions are being, and will be made, for existing fields and those due on stream.