North Sea Oil

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 November 1973.

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Photo of Mr Dick Douglas Mr Dick Douglas , Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire 12:00, 19 November 1973

Will the hon. Gentleman accept that we all regret the announcement today that a third concrete production platform is being ordered from Norway? Will he accept that this country cannot go on losing these vital orders? What does his Department intend to do to ensure that such production platforms and semi-submersibles are ordered in the United Kingdom?