§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Energy what activities in exploring for oil have taken place in the parts of blocks 132/15 and 133/11 which are claimed by the Irish Government to be within their jurisdiction.
§ Mr. GrayNo exploration activities have so far been carried out under the licence for these blocks, which is held by British Petroleum in association with the British National Oil Corporation. There has, however, been some speculative seismic work covering the area.