Oil and Gas Reserves

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Energy – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 June 1991.

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Photo of Simon Burns Simon Burns , Chelmsford 12:00, 17 June 1991

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that reply. Does he agree that those healthy estimates confound the moaning minnies and pessimists who constantly claim that our reserves are running out? Does he further agree that those figures will have a healthy influence on the British economy in the next few years?