Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will initiate an inquiry into the failure of the British Steel Corporation to provide piping required by companies engaged in North Sea oil exploration and development.
§ Mr. Tom BoardmanNo; I understand that the Corporation has experienced labour and technical difficulties in meeting the British Petroleum Company's requirements for the overland section of the pipeline serving the Forties Field but that the latter have been overcome.