§ Lord STRABOLGIasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why they did not inform the House of Lords of their decision to approve officially the plan for a gas gathering system in the North Sea which is the biggest engineering project ever contemplated in that area.
The Earl of GOWRIEThe announcement was made, in reply to a Written Question in another place, by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and copies of the report from the study team were placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
I shall of course arrange to answer as a matter of urgency any points the noble Lord might wish to put to me, on receiving formal notification from him.