§ 26. Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will enter into guarantees sufficient to facilitate an immediate start on a gas-gathering pipeline from the North Sea.
§ Mr. Norman LamontWork on the North Sea gas-gathering pipeline project was started last year by the members of the organising group—British Gas, BP and Mobil—and is continuing. On financing, the organising group is examining the responses of oil companies invited to consider participation in the project.