§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the quarterly average price paid per barrel of North sea oil in each of the last four quarters for which records are available.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe prices realised for North sea crude sales in the last four quarters, as given in the PQ1300Business Monitor and converted to £/barrel, were:
£/barrel 1985 Q2 21.7 Q3 19.2 Q4 19.4 1986 Q1 13.9