§ Mr. Viggersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much benefit he now expects to accrue to the Exchequer during 1978 deriving from North Sea oil development; and how this compares with his estimates of such benefit made during 1977.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 14th July 1978], gave the following answer:
I have nothing to add to the answers I gave to the hon. Members for Mid-Sussex (Mr. Renton) and Ilford, South 371W (Mr. Arnold Shaw) on 26th June 1978—[Vol. 952, c. 450]—and 14th April 1978 respectively.