§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Energy when he expects to reply to the Third Report (Session 1981–82) from the Select Committee on Energy on North Sea oil depletion policy, published on 18 May.
§ Mr. LawsonMy right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and I have today sent a memorandum in response to the report to my hon. Friend the Member for Havant and Waterloo (Mr. Lloyd) as Chairman of the Select Committee. Copies of the memorandum have been place in the Library of the House.