HC Deb 11 July 1995 vol 263 c501W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will place in the library a copy of the advice he received from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee on offshore blocks 106/3, 106/4, 106/8, 106/9, 106/24, 106/25, and 106/30A. [33790]

Mr. Page

Consultation with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee over blocks to be offered in the 16th round of offshore oil and gas licensing took place on the understanding that the information provided would be treated in confidence. This is our established practice with regard to blocks offered for licensing.

I can inform the hon. Member, however, that JNCC did not object to the inclusion of blocks 106/3, 106/4, 106/8, 106/9, 106/24, 106/25 and 106/30a in the 16th round offer and also agreed the licence conditions attached to these blocks to protect the environmental sensitivities in the areas concerned.

Mr. Ainger

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the specific conditions to protect the environment on blocks 106/3, 106/4, 106/8, 106/9, 106/24, 106/25 and 106/30A licensed in the 16th offshore licensing round. [33791]

Mr. Eggar

The conditions to protect environmental sensitivities in blocks 106/3, 106/4, 106/8, 106/9, 106/24, 106/25 and 106/30a have been deposited in the Library of the House.

Mr. Bennett

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many export license applications for each country were approved in 1994 for the export of goods defined in group 1 of part III or schedule 1 of S.I. 1992, No. 3092, as(a) of ML1 to ML11, ML13 to ML18, ML20, ML23, ML24, and ML26 and (b) each of PL5001, PL5002, PL5006, PL5014, PL5017, PL5018, PL5020, PL5021, PL5027, PL5028 and PL5029. [32733]

Mr. Ian Taylor

The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that his question involves a very large quantity of statistical information. I shall provide the information he has asked for, to the extent that it is available on my Department's databases. However, the task involved in gathering and collating the data is a considerable one. I shall therefore send the information, in tabular form, to the hon. Gentleman. I shall also arrange to have copies placed in the Library of the House.