§ 39. Mr. Ioan Evansasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration has been given to establishing an oil and gas fund separately to allocate revenues from offshore energy resources.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe possibility of setting up such a fund is one of the options which the Government have been considering in their current review of the possible uses of the benefits of North Sea60W oil and gas. They will give their view in the White Paper which they are shortly to publish.