Oil and Gas Exploration (Hansard, 9 July 1997)

HC Deb 09 July 1997 vol 297 c495W 495W

§ Mr. Dafis
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will transfer to the Environment Agency responsibility for the regulation and licensing of oil and gas exploration and extraction. [7097]

§ Angela Eagle
The statutory responsibility for the general regulation and licensing of oil and gas exploration and extraction lies with my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade. The Government has no proposals for change.