HC Deb 06 November 1979 vol 973 c103W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in the Official Report the names of all companies currently surveying for uranium in the United Kingdom and, where such companies are of non-United Kingdom origin, indicate the location of their head

Organisation Area of the United Kingdom Commission Support (in EEC units of account)
South of Scotland Electricity Board Orkney 162,900*
Minorex Ltd (Ireland) Northern Ireland 99,000
Minatome (France) Cornwall 547,052
Ulster Base Metals Armagh and Down 98,008
Urangesellschaft (West Germany) Scotland 192,057
* Planning permission to carry out a drilling programme was refused by the Orkney Islands Council