§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) when work on the independent inquiry into the cost effectiveness of relocating petroleum engineering directorate staff in Aberdeen will begin; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if the Treasury has produced a brief for the Government-ordered independent inquiry into the cost effectiveness of relocating civil servants from the petroleum engineering directorate in Aberdeen; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WakehamMy Department has drawn up a shortlist of firms from those which responded to my announcement and press advertisement. Six firms have been sent terms of reference agreed between the Treasury, Scottish Office and my Department, and they have been invited to tender for the review of the case for relocating the petroleum engineering directorate in Aberdeen. I shall announce who is to carry out the review when the consultant has been chosen.