§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on oil exploration in Wiltshire.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonIn the past three years two seismic survey programmes have been conducted in the county by petroleum licences, the results of which are being evaluated. No exploration wells have been drilled in the county since the well at Urchfont near Devizes was drilled in July 1986.