§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether the rules of the EEC permit Great Britain to make North Sea oil available to industrial and domestic consumers in Great Britain at more advantageous terms and prices than to industrial and domestic consumers in other member States of the EEC.
§ Mr. John SmithIt is the intention of the Government that North Sea oil should be disposed of at market prices. Differential pricing would involve a significant departure from Government policy. To the 469W extent that it would distort competition it would also be inconsistent with the Treaty of Rome.