§ Mr. Skeetasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates would be the average Government take if petroleum revenue tax was increased from 45 per cent. to 60 per cent. and uplift under the Oil Taxation Act 1975 was reduced from 175 per cent. to 125 per cent.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettRather less than £4½ billion a year in the mid-1980s (at 1977 prices).