§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Lord Privy Seal whether any sanction is available to Her Majesty's Government if oil companies ignore the advice to sell North Sea oil only to those nations recommended by Her Majesty's Government.
§ Mr. RidleyThe Government's views on the export of crude oil from the North Sea are as given to my hon. Friend in my reply of 23 March. This is a matter to which we attach considerable importance and we do not expect companies to ignore our views. What we would do in the event of their doing so is a hypothetical question.—[Vol. 1, c.242.]