§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what action has been taken to date under the British Gas Corporation (Disposal of Offshore Oilfield Interests) Directions 1982.
§ Mr. Lawson[pursuant to the reply, 3 March 1983, c. 196]: I have now approved with modications the schemes submitted by the corporation under clauses 3 and 7 of the British Gas Corporation (Disposal of Offshore Oilfield Interests) Directions 1982. I have specified that these schemes shall come into force on 1 and 2 May 1983 respectively.
The schemes include participation arrangements for the offshore oilfield interests. I am arranging for a summary of these arrangements to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses, in accordance with the undertaking given on 26 October1982.—[Vol. 29, c. 982]