Gas-Gathering System

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Energy – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 23 Mehefin 1980.

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Photo of Dr David Owen Dr David Owen , Plymouth, Devonport 12:00, 23 Mehefin 1980

This is a matter of major concern. The House was given an important announcement in a written answer and now the Minister refuses to deal with how the national interest will be safeguarded when there is only a 30 per cent. equity shareholding. Does the Minister intend to write into the statute of the company the right of the Department of Energy, in certain declared areas, to safeguard the national interest and to lay down certain criteria under which the company will operate?