§ Mr. Douglasasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the number of drilling programmes to be completed under the third and fourth round of exploration and production licences for North Sea oil and gas 461W and the companies involved, together with the estimates of costs.
§ Mr. Tom Boardman85 licensees in the third and fourth round have outstanding obligations to drill a total of 167 wells in the North Sea at a cost which is likely to exceed £200 million. The list of companies involved is lengthy and I will write to the hon. Member about this.